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Break code -- task providing defence (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stockade

'defence' is the definition.
(stockade is a kind of defence)

'break code task' is the wordplay.
'break' is an anagram indicator.
'code'+'task'='codetask'
'codetask' is an anagram of 'STOCKADE'.

'providing' is the link.

(Other definitions for stockade that I've seen before include "military prison" , "Cod steak consumed in enclosure as for military prisoners" , "defensive structure" , "Fortified enclosure" , "Defensive enclosure built of tall heavy posts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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