Rada or Asbo, eg (7)

I believe the answer is:

acronym

(Other definitions for acronym that I've seen before include "Radar, for example" , "eg RADA" , "Word formed from 1st letters of other words" , "A word formed from the initial letters of others" , "NATO, for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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