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Type of TV studio cleric condemned, following Conservative’s lead (6-7)

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I believe the answer is:

closed-circuit

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'type of tv' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'studio cleric condemned following conservative's lead' is the wordplay.
'condemned' is an anagram indicator.
'following' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'lead' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'conservatives' is 'c'.
'studio'+'cleric'='studiocleric'
'studiocleric' anagrammed gives 'losedcircuit'.
'losedcircuit' put after 'c' is 'CLOSED-CIRCUIT'.

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