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Monotony I find in strangely muted setting (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tedium

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

'in strangely muted setting' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'strangely' is an anagram indicator.
'setting' becomes 'i' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'muted' with letters rearranged gives 'tedum'.
'tedum' enclosing 'i' is 'TEDIUM'.

'i find' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for tedium that I've seen before include "Routine" , "State of being bored" , "Dullness, monotony" , "Boredom with monotony" , "Boredom or dullness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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