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Does the singer annoy her in every possible way? (10)

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I believe the answer is:

altogether

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'every possible way?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both states of affairs as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'does the singer annoy her' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'the' is 'eth' which is within the answer.
'singer' could be 'alto' (alto is a kind of singer) and 'alto' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for altogether that I've seen before include "Quite" , "Completely, on the whole" , "nude in this" , "Completely, in total" , "Entirely" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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