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Broadcast, at first, completely commercial song (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ballad

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

'broadcast at first completely commercial' is the wordplay.
'at first' suggests taking the first letters.
'completely' becomes 'all' ('all' can be a synonym of 'completely').
'commercial' becomes 'ad'.
The initial letter of 'broadcast' is 'b'.
'b'+'all'+'ad'='BALLAD'

(Other definitions for ballad that I've seen before include "Folk song" , "Form of verse" , "romance" , "Slow romantic song" , "Slow sentimental song" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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