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Ordered gruel in a voice as low as country music (9)

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I believe the answer is:

bluegrass

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'country music' is the definition.
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'ordered gruel in a voice' is the wordplay.
'ordered' indicates an anagram.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a voice' becomes 'bass' (bass is a kind of voice).
'gruel' anagrammed gives 'luegr'.
'luegr' inserted into 'bass' is 'BLUEGRASS'.

'as low as' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for bluegrass that I've seen before include "Kind of country music" , "American hillbilly music" , "A type of country music" , "Style of country music from Kentucky" , "Style of US country music" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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