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Denies CID's disrupted protest (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dissidence

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'protest' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'denies cid's disrupted' is the wordplay.
'disrupted' indicates an anagram.
'denies'+'cids'='deniescids'
'deniescids' anagrammed gives 'DISSIDENCE'.

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(Another definition for dissidence that I've seen is " Opposition to officialdom".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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