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Emulated promo, after learning tips to recycle (4)

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glad

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'emulated' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs occasionally define each other.

'promo after learning tips to recycle' is the wordplay.
'promo' becomes 'ad' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'tips' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (just the outer letters of the world).
'to recycle' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'recycled' mean this).
'learning' with its centre taken out is 'lg'.
'lg' anagrammed gives 'gl'.
'ad' after 'gl' is 'GLAD'.

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(Other definitions for glad that I've seen before include "Dressy clothes, informally .... rags" , "Feeling happy" , "Made up" , "Joyful" , "Elated" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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