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Something that represents the sound of a percussion instrument (6)

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I believe the answer is:

symbol

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'something that represents' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'sound of a percussion instrument' is the wordplay.
'sound of' shows a homophone (sound like).
'a percussion instrument' becomes 'cymbal' (cymbal is a kind of percussion instrument).
'cymbal' sounds like 'SYMBOL'.

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for symbol that I've seen before include "Something representative" , "Material object representing something abstract" , "Emblem, representation" , "Meaningful character" , "It represents or suggests something else" .)

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