Break

REST

Musicians take this between movements to recharge before continuing the performance.

"Break" here is a clever play on words—it doesn’t mean to shatter or pause, but instead hints at a musical "rest," which is a symbol indicating silence in a score. The clue relies on the double meaning of "break," where a rest in music is like a brief interruption or "break" in sound. It’s a common crossword trick to use definitions from specialized fields like music to misdirect solvers.