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What suggests self-confidence of acrobat group? (5)

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nonet

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'group?' is the definition.
(group of nine musicians)

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(Other definitions for nonet that I've seen before include "Piece for group" , "baseball team" , "Composition for nine performers" , "Tonne (anag.); music for a group" , "Tenon (anag.)" .)

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