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Tick nobody with droning voice (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

monotone

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'droning voice' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'tick nobody' is the wordplay.
'tick' becomes 'mo' (both can mean a very short amount of time).
'nobody' becomes 'notone' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'mo'+'notone'='MONOTONE'

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for monotone that I've seen before include "Dull delivery" , "Flat voice" , "Flat and unchanging in pitch" , "Utterance at a single unvaried level" , "Single unvaried sound level" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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