Attacked after broadcast, alas, is duke out of the country? (8)
I believe the answer is:
assailed
'attacked' is the definition.
('assail' can be a synonym of 'attack')
'broadcast alas is duke out of the country?' is the wordplay.
'broadcast' indicates anagramming the letters.
'duke' becomes 'd'.
'out' means to remove the last letter.
'of the country?' becomes 'ed' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'alas'+'is'+'d'='alasisd'
'alasisd' with its last letter taken off is 'alasis'.
'alasis' anagrammed gives 'assail'.
'assail'+'ed'='ASSAILED'
'after' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for assailed that I've seen before include "became aggressive" , "Went for" , "Under attack" , "Attacked, lashed out" , "charged" .)