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Orchestra pit’s, surprisingly, extremely high (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stratospheric

'extremely high' is the definition.
(the stratosphere is part of the atmosphere)

'orchestra pit's surprisingly' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'orchestra'+'pits'='orchestrapits'
'orchestrapits' anagrammed gives 'STRATOSPHERIC'.

(Other definitions for stratospheric that I've seen before include "Very high" , "Belonging to the upper air" , "Sky-high (informal)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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