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Orchestra pits played extremely high (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stratospheric

'extremely high' is the definition.
(the stratosphere is part of the atmosphere)

'orchestra pits played' is the wordplay.
'played' indicates anagramming the letters (letters playing around).
'orchestra'+'pits'='orchestrapits'
'orchestrapits' is an anagram of 'STRATOSPHERIC'.

(Other definitions for stratospheric that I've seen before include "Belonging to the upper air" , "Very high" , "Sky-high (informal)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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