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A wry BBC joke turned out to be a bit of nonsense (11)

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jabberwocky

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'a bit of nonsense' is the definition.
'jabberwocky' can be an answer for 'nonsense' (I've seen this in another clue). I am not certain of the 'a bit of' bit.

'a wry bbc joke turned out' is the wordplay.
'turned out' indicates anagramming the letters (turn out can mean to organise).
'a'+'wry'+'bbc'+'joke'='awrybbcjoke'
'awrybbcjoke' anagrammed gives 'JABBERWOCKY'.

'to be' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for jabberwocky that I've seen before include "Twas brillig poem" , "Nonsense poem in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass" , "Lewis Carroll nonsense poem" , "Lewis Carroll poem from "Through the Looking Glass"" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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