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charlierabbit | 21:51 Thu 28th Jul 2022 | Crosswords
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Clue in today's crossword is "Drop a note" answer looks like Minim? Just not sure how it fits the "drop"? Any explanation appreciated. Thank you.
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It's a double definition clue.

Minim

the smallest unit of liquid measure, 1/60 (0.0167) of a fluid dram, roughly equivalent to one drop

And also the shortest note.
Minim is definitely not the shortest note, unless you mean by number of letters...
1 breve = 2 semibreves
1 semibreve = 2 minims
1 minim = 2 crochets
1 crochet = 2 quavers
1 quaver = 2 semiquavers
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Thank you all - I didn't know about it being the equivalent of a "drop" of liquid. Much appreciated.
Happy to help charlierabbit :-)

And JimF, I misread what I saw in the Dictionary. Thank you for pulling me up on that. I hopefully shall not make that mistake again.

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