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Everybody informed? Completely? (3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

all told

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'completely?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adverbs. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'everybody informed?' is the wordplay.
'everybody' becomes 'all' (I've seen this before).
'informed?' becomes 'told' (telling is a kind of informing).
'all'+'told'='ALL TOLD'

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(Other definitions for all told that I've seen before include "In total" , "To summarise" , "Taking everything into account" , "Everyone informed" , "Taking every one into account" .)

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