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Bass intended to be barely audible? (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

low voice

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'bass' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'intended to be barely audible?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'barely audible?' could be 'low' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'low' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'voice' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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