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A Contralto Not Keeping Time Perhaps In Gummy Passage Crossword Clue

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noun

• the passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerve and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity

29%7 Get down to work keeping time right in musical passage
noun

• The presence of two close or overlapping statements of the subject of a fugue, especially towards the end.

• An acceleration in the tempo of an opera that produces an ending climax.

adjective

• Having gradually increasing speed.

adverb

• With gradually increasing speed.

29%9 The contralto section in a choir
noun

• a woman singer having a contralto voice

• the lowest female singing voice

adjective satellite

• of or being the lowest female voice

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The Guardian Cryptic28 Jun 2001 Down 14
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