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Volume changes, namely by finale in adapted score (10)

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I believe the answer is:

crescendos

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'volume changes' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both human attributes as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'namely by finale in adapted score' is the wordplay.
'namely' becomes 'sc' (abbrev for Latin scilicet meaning 'namely').
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'finale' becomes 'end' (the end of a story or show).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'adapted' indicates an anagram.
'sc'+'end'='scend'
'score' is an anagram of 'creos'.
'scend' put into 'creos' is 'CRESCENDOS'.

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I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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