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Mass too wild to accommodate overture’s ending in grand style (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maestoso

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'grand style' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'mass too wild to accommodate overture's ending' is the wordplay.
'wild' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to accommodate' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'overture's' indicates taking the first letters (I've seen 'overtures' mean this).
The first letter of 'ending' is 'e'.
'mass'+'too'='masstoo'
'masstoo' with letters rearranged gives 'mastoso'.
'mastoso' going around 'e' is 'MAESTOSO'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for maestoso that I've seen before include "nobly" , "Majestic" , "Instruction to musician" , "performed impressively" , "movement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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