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Everyman's getting media attention, anticipating item with charge: a sensation (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

impression

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'a sensation' is the definition.
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'everyman's getting media attention anticipating item with charge' is the wordplay.
'everyman' becomes 'i' (where the crossword setter is 'Everyman').
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'media attention' becomes 'press' (I've seen this in another clue).
'anticipating item with' becomes 'm' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'charge' becomes 'ion' (an ion is a charged particle).
'press' after 'm' is 'mpress'.
'i'+'mpress'+'ion'='IMPRESSION'

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(Other definitions for impression that I've seen before include "Mark" , "take-off" , "opinion" , "Imitation (of a person)" , "Feeling; print" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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