A term for an alternative passage of music played instead of the original (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue A term for an alternative passage of music played instead of the original (5) . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is OSSIA.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OSSIA A term for an alternative passage of music played instead of the original (5) (5)
6% ARIOSOS Melodic passages in classical music (7) The Atlantic Oct 5, 2025
6% ESTOSPRESTOS These fast musical passages, in Spain? (12) Premier Sunday Sep 28, 2025
6% OPERA Musical play (5) Puzzler Backwords Sep 5, 2025
6% LIEU In __ of (instead of) (4) Newsday Aug 27, 2025
5% ENO Brian ___, songwriter who popularized the term "generative music" (3) New York Times Oct 19, 2025
5% ADIT Mine passage (4) (4) Mirror Classic Oct 17, 2025
5% SHAFT Mine passage (5) The Telegraph Plusword Oct 12, 2025
5% RITE ___ of passage (ceremonial observance) (4)
5% RAGTIME This setter's to stop playing great syncopated music (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 8, 2025
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