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Detects rare form of confidential process (5,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trade secret

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'confidential process' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'detects rare form' is the wordplay.
'form' is an anagram indicator (another form of the letters).
'detects'+'rare'='detectsrare'
'detectsrare' with letters rearranged gives 'TRADE SECRET'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for trade secret that I've seen before include "business confidence" , "competitive advantage" , "Some special skill" , "inside knowledge" , "Confidential commercial information" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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