Cryptic

[SimonBolivar]

Not all the pianist plays (5) ?????E

[grasscarp]

scale?

[bookbinder]

You say (5) but you show six. Which is it?

[scorpiojo]

Is it 5 or 6 letters?

[SimonBolivar]

Sorry, it is 5 with the last letter an E.

[mallyh]

forte?

[Oldred]

piece ?

[SimonBolivar]

Scale, Forte or Piece. Which one shall I go with?

Thanks for your suggestions.

[grasscarp]

well I put scale because the pianist plays scales so scale is not all of that word, and scales are not of their repertoire.

[Lie-in King]

Allowing for more crossing letters being in agreement, I'd go with 'Piece'

[grasscarp]

I can see justification for forte as well

[slaney]

I would say Piece too - do you have any other clues that would help?

[grasscarp]

I see other websites have said it is Piece. :o(

[SimonBolivar]

I have no other letters. Which website have you seen this clue on before, grasscarp?

[grasscarp]

http://alwayspuzzling.blogspot.co.uk/2012_08_01_archive.html
With this on your screen, put control F box and in the find box write pianist and it will take you straight there.

[slaney]

I meant what are the crossing clues which would give you some other letters.

[SimonBolivar]

There are no crossing clues & answers, slaney. These are clues taken randomly from a number of different crosswords. One letter only is given for each clue.

[slaney]

Ahh I see - maybe it's from this crossword then, (20d) in which case it is PiECE

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/puzzles-and-crosswords/cryptic-crossword/?L=print&;D=080811&T=0&;S=0

It may be the same as Grasscarp's link which I can't get to work.

[grasscarp]

There are several websites have the same clue and answer.