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Close obscene broadcasting, offering redundancy (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

obsolescence

'redundancy' is the definition.

'close obscene broadcasting' is the wordplay.
'broadcasting' indicates an anagram.
'close'+'obscene'='closeobscene'
'closeobscene' with letters rearranged gives 'OBSOLESCENCE'.

'offering' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for obsolescence that I've seen before include "Process of becoming out of date" , "Out-of-date quality" , "going out of date" .)

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