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Hot video allowed to circulate? I know what you’re thinking (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

telepath

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'i know what you're thinking' is the definition.
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'hot video allowed to circulate?' is the wordplay.
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps).
'video' becomes 'tape' (video tape).
'allowed to' becomes 'let' (to let something happen is to allow it).
'circulate?' says the letters should be written backwards (I've seen 'circulating' mean this).
'h'+'tape'+'let'='htapelet'
'htapelet' in reverse letter order is 'TELEPATH'.

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(Another definition for telepath that I've seen is " One communicating by unknown power".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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