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American broadcast flipping song (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aria

'song' is the definition.
(aria is a kind of song)

'american broadcast flipping' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'broadcast' becomes 'air' ('air' can be a synonym of 'broadcast').
'flipping' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'air' in reverse letter order is 'ria'.
'a'+'ria'='ARIA'

(Other definitions for aria that I've seen before include "Operatic vocal" , "Repeated strain" , "Elaborate accompanied song for solo voice" , "complex song" , "Piece of music" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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