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European and American engaged in broadcasting now may be hard to find (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elusive

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'hard to find' is the definition.
(something elusive is hard to find)

'european and american engaged in broadcasting now' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'american' becomes 'US' (United States).
'engaged in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'broadcasting now' becomes 'live' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'us' going into 'live' is 'lusive'.
'e'+'lusive'='ELUSIVE'

'may be' is the link.

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(Other definitions for elusive that I've seen before include "Sue about Levi, being shifty" , "Evasive or intangible" , "Hard to pin down or remember" , "Vile sue is hard to catch" , "Use veil to be difficult to catch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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