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Recites insurance without sound quality (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

intones

'recites' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'insurance without sound quality' is the wordplay.
'insurance' becomes 'ins' (business abbreviation).
'without' indicates putting letters inside ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'sound quality' becomes 'tone' (I've seen this before).
'ins' placed around 'tone' is 'INTONES'.

(Other definitions for intones that I've seen before include "Chants" , "Recites in a chanting voice" .)

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