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Group portraying risk taken by trapeze artists (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 "Band's" , "Ennead" , "Musical group" , "Band of nine?" , "Composition for nine instruments" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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