Solution for 28 July cryptic crossword clue

Play tune no end, hit by Armstrong originally (9)

Solution – melodrama


For those of you interested in cryptic crossword clue types, this one is a deletion and charades clue.


The first word defines the solution ie a melodrama is a sort of play – a particularly sensational emotion laden one.


You then take a word that means "tune" and truncate it because it has "no end".  "Melody" fits the bill


Then add something that means "hit" – in this case "ram"


And finally "Armstrong originally" means the "original" or first letter of "Armstrong" ie a


Melod + ram + a = melodrama.