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A trio made a mess of broadcast between planes (3,2,3)

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I believe the answer is:

air-to-air

'between planes' is the definition.

'a trio made a mess of broadcast' is the wordplay.
'made a mess of' indicates anagramming the letters.
'broadcast' becomes 'air' ('air' can be a synonym of 'broadcast').
'trio' is an anagram of 'irto'.
'a'+'irto'+'air'='AIR-TO-AIR'

(Another definition for air-to-air that I've seen is " Like some missiles".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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