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Lyric composer? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

cyril

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'lyric composer?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'lyric composer?' is the wordplay.
'composer?' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'composer' mean this).
'lyric' with letters rearranged gives 'CYRIL'.

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(Other definitions for cyril that I've seen before include "Reputed saintly inventor of the Russian alphabet" , "Saint said to have created the Russian alphabet" .)

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