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Unchanged pitch is minute and impossible, given Yorkshire's tail (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

monotone

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'unchanged pitch' is the definition.
'monotone' can be an answer for 'pitch' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'unchanged' bit.

'minute and impossible given yorkshire's tail' is the wordplay.
'minute' becomes 'mo' (both can mean a short amount of time).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'impossible' becomes 'noton' (I've seen this before).
'given' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'tail' says to take the final letters.
The last letter of 'yorkshire' is 'e'.
'mo'+'noton'+'e'='MONOTONE'

'is' is the link.

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

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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