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Woman tempted by house with small bedroom makes note (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

semibreve

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'note' is the definition.
(musical note)

'woman tempted by house with small bedroom' is the wordplay.
'woman tempted' becomes 'eve'.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'house' becomes 'semi' (short for semi-detached).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'small bedroom' becomes 'br' (I've seen this in other clues. I am not sure about the 'small' bit.).
'semi'+'br'='semibr'
'eve' after 'semibr' is 'SEMIBREVE'.

'makes' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for semibreve that I've seen before include "2 minims/4 crotchets" , "Note equal to two minims" , "Note equivalent to four crotchets" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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