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Hard to abandon charity broadcast after returning short annotation (7)

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I believe the answer is:

notelet

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'short annotation' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer. I also know that 'short' relates to this answer.

I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.

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(Other definitions for notelet that I've seen before include "Small sheet for letter" , "informal communication" , "Paper for informal letter" , "Message card" , "correspondence" .)

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