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Broadcast about manor lacking in depth (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shallow

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'lacking in depth' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'broadcast about manor' is the wordplay.
'broadcast' becomes 'sow' (sowing is a kind of broadcasting).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'manor' becomes 'hall' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sow' going around 'hall' is 'SHALLOW'.

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(Other definitions for shallow that I've seen before include "Of no great depth" , "Trivial" , "incapable of serious thought" , "Not profound" , "Without depth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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