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Volume in need of volume? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

audiobook

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'volume' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'need of volume?' is the wordplay.
'need of' becomes 'audio' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'volume?' becomes 'book' ('book' can be a synonym of 'volume').
'audio'+'book'='AUDIOBOOK'

'in' is the link.

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(Another definition for audiobook that I've seen is " work, we hear".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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