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Boring tellers avoid silver-plated plastic (5)

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I believe the answer is:

vapid

'boring' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'tellers avoid silver-plated plastic' is the wordplay.
'avoid' is a deletion indicator.
'plastic' is an anagram indicator (plastic can mean easily moulded).
'silver'+'plated'='silverplated'
'silverplated' with 'tellers' taken out is 'ivpad'.
'ivpad' with letters rearranged gives 'VAPID'.

(Other definitions for vapid that I've seen before include "Insipid - lacking significance" , "Boring, flat" , "Dull - uninteresting" , "Dull and boring" , "Insipid, empty" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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