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Completely high or low voice good with old number (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

altogether

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'completely' is the definition.
(I know that completely can be written as altogether)

'voice good with old number' is the wordplay.
'voice' becomes 'alto' (alto is a kind of voice).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'old number' becomes 'ether' (I've seen this in another clue).
'alto'+'g'+'ether'='ALTOGETHER'

'high or low' is the link.
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(Other definitions for altogether that I've seen before include "totally" , "Completely, on the whole" , "Wholly" , "special to get Hermes trousers" , "Entirely" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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