It mends broken tapes (5)

I believe the answer is:

paste

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'it mends' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'broken tapes' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates an anagram.
'tapes' anagrammed gives 'PASTE'.

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(Other definitions for paste that I've seen before include "Thoroughly beat" , "Adhesive, for wallpaper perhaps" , "One way to fix" , "foie gras" , "Adhesive, for wallpaper say" .)

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

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