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Rung any old number that’s announced (6)

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I believe the answer is:

spoken

'announced' is the definition.

'rung any old number' is the wordplay.
'rung' becomes 'spoke' ('spoke' can be a synonym of 'rung').
'any old number' becomes 'n' (used to represent any number in maths).
'spoke'+'n'='SPOKEN'

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for spoken that I've seen before include "Uttered through the medium of speech" , "released from trap" , "Voiced" , "Verbalised" , "Said" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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