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Completely dismissed in audition (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

throughout

'completely' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'dismissed in audition' is the wordplay.
'dismissed' becomes 'threw out' ('throw out' can be a synonym of 'dismiss').
'in audition' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue (audition can mean hearing).
'threwout' is a homophone of 'THROUGHOUT'.

(Other definitions for throughout that I've seen before include "from start to finish" , "Everywhere" , "during the entire proceedings" , "Completely" , "all the time" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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