20th-Century French composer and organist who was inspired by birdsong (7,8) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MESSIAEN 20th-Century French composer and organist who was inspired by birdsong (7,8) (8)
6% WIDOR Early 20th-century French organist and composer (5) (5)
5% SATIE French composer Erik (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 4, 2025
5% ARAL ___ Sea, locale of a 20th-century environmental disaster (4) New York Times Oct 18, 2025
5% IBERT 20th century French composer Jacques (5)
4% EDIFYING Instructive, inspirational (8) (8) The Guardian Quick Nov 19, 2025
4% ZENOBIA Third-century queen who conquered Egypt (7) Wall Street Journal Nov 8, 2025
4% MOTTO Inspirational word or phrase (5) LA Times Daily Nov 4, 2025
4% MAMMAMIA ABBA-inspired musical (8) Eugene Sheffer Oct 31, 2025
4% AMUSE Entertain a writer's inspiration? (5) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 31, 2025
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