Quality of a hoarse voice (4)

I believe the answer is:

rasp

(Other definitions for rasp that I've seen before include "Harsh grating sound" , "Filing tool" , "Grate; scrape" , "Grating noise; file" , "sort of berry?" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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