Starts taking hold, strange way to play music Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% THRUM Starts taking hold, strange way to play music (5)
7% GRABS Takes hold of (5) USA Today Oct 14, 2025
7% GRASP Take hold of (5) Commuter Sep 30, 2025
6% WEIRD Strange (5) LA Times Daily Nov 5, 2025
6% TEEOFF Start playing with posh bloke, holding same points (3,3) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 4, 2025
6% ONSET Start playing notes (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Nov 2, 2025
6% DACAPO From the start, in music (6) Eugene Sheffer Oct 18, 2025
6% ANEW Fresh way to start (4) Universal Oct 17, 2025
6% NEWGATE "Strange way" - an older equivalent of Strangeways? (7) The Times Cryptic Oct 17, 2025
6% GOPRO Start getting paid to play (5) Newsday Oct 12, 2025
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