Commercial autocrat hosting poor reception here? (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
dead spot
'poor reception here?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'commercial autocrat hosting' is the wordplay.
'commercial' becomes 'ad' (abbreviation for advertisement).
'autocrat' becomes 'despot' (synonyms).
'hosting' is an insertion indicator.
'ad' going inside 'despot' is 'DEAD SPOT'.
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