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Soppy show, endless music and crowd getting agitated primarily (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

melodrama

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'soppy show' is the definition.
'melodrama' can be an answer for 'show' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'soppy' bit.

'endless music and crowd getting agitated primarily' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'music' could be 'me' and 'me' is located in the answer.
'crowd' could be 'ram' (I've seen this before) and 'ram' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for melodrama that I've seen before include "Sensational theatre work" , "Histrionics - sensational play" , "Old play in emotional and sensational style" , "emotive stuff" , "sensational performance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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