"The voice is good but almost inaudible"? (5,6)
I believe the answer is:
faint praise
'the voice' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'is good but almost inaudible?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'is' is within the answer.
'almost inaudible?' could be 'faint' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'faint' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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