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Say line at end of play? Absolutely! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

utterly

'absolutely' is the definition.
('utterly' can be a synonym of 'absolutely')

'say line at end of play?' is the wordplay.
'say' becomes 'utter' (I've seen this before**).
'line' becomes 'l'.
'at end of' says to take the final letters.
The last letter of 'play' is 'y'.
'utter'+'l'+'y'='UTTERLY'

(Other definitions for utterly that I've seen before include "Completly and without qualification" , "In all respects" , "'All is changed, changed . . .' (Yeats)" , "unqualified" , "Completely and totally" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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