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Singer who sounds low... (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bass

'singer' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'sounds low' is the wordplay.
'sounds' shows a homophone (sound like).
'low' becomes 'base' ('base' can be a synonym of 'low').
'base' is a homophone of 'BASS'.

'who' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bass that I've seen before include "A fish, or the lowest pitch in music" , "bottom of sound?" , "Performer" , "Low fellow" , "part of score" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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