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Film buff is at a broadcast (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fantasia

'film' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'buff is at a broadcast' is the wordplay.
'buff' becomes 'fan' ('fan' can be a synonym of 'buff').
'broadcast' indicates an anagram.
'is'+'at'+'a'='isata'
'isata' with letters rearranged gives 'tasia'.
'fan'+'tasia'='FANTASIA'

(Other definitions for fantasia that I've seen before include "animated film" , "Musical composition of several familiar themes" , "D [Disney] made" , "Disney film (1940)" , "Free invention" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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