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Strained vocal dishonest tot edited (8)

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I believe the answer is:

falsetto

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'strained vocal' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'dishonest tot edited' is the wordplay.
'dishonest' becomes 'false' (associated in meaning).
'edited' indicates an anagram.
'tot' is an anagram of 'tto'.
'false'+'tto'='FALSETTO'

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(Other definitions for falsetto that I've seen before include "Artificially high voice tone" , "Unusually pitched" , "Artificially high voice above the natural range" , "Voice pitch higher than the normal range" , "Artificial upper register of a male voice" .)

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