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Nothing very loud and important: out of tune (3,3)

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I believe the answer is:

off key

'out of tune' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'nothing very loud and important' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'very loud' becomes 'ff' (musical abbreviation).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'important' becomes 'key' ('key' can be similar in meaning to 'important').
'o'+'ff'+'key'='OFF-KEY'

(Other definitions for off key that I've seen before include "Inappropriate" , "Musically, out of tune" , "Inaccurate in pitch" , "Dropped; hill" , "played badly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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