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Row about high-pitched electronic beeping on phone (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dial tone

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'beeping on phone' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'row about high-pitched electronic' is the wordplay.
'row' becomes 'din' (both can mean a loud disturbance).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'high-pitched' becomes 'alto' (similar in meaning).
'electronic' becomes 'e' (as in e-mail or e-books).
'din' going around 'alto' is 'dialton'.
'dialton'+'e'='DIAL TONE'

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(Other definitions for dial tone that I've seen before include "noise on the line from America" , "Sound on phone line" , "Sound heard on phone (US)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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