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Echo of past of showy defence player (9)

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I believe the answer is:

flashback

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'echo of past' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'showy defence player' is the wordplay.
'showy' becomes 'flash' (I've seen this before).
'defence player' becomes 'back' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'flash'+'back'='FLASHBACK'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for flashback that I've seen before include "Unexpected but vivid recall of a past experience" , "Sudden recall" , "Past scene inserted into a film's chronology" , "Film scene from an earlier time" , "(Transition to) earlier scene" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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