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Harm with fairy music (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

impair

'harm' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fairy music' is the wordplay.
'fairy' becomes 'imp' (imp is a kind of fairy).
'music' becomes 'air' (air is a kind of music).
'imp'+'air'='IMPAIR'

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for impair that I've seen before include "'Mar, damage (6)'" , "Spoil, degrade" , "Harm" , "Weaken, damage" , "Spoil strength, quality of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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