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It’s cheap circulating something drawing on a number of sources (8)

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I believe the answer is:

pastiche

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'something drawing on a number of sources' is the definition.
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'it's cheap circulating' is the wordplay.
'circulating' indicates anagramming the letters.
'its'+'cheap'='itscheap'
'itscheap' anagrammed gives 'PASTICHE'.

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(Other definitions for pastiche that I've seen before include "Patches I assembled to work from several sources" , "Jumble" , "A work in imitation style" , "Work of art that imitates the style of other works" , "Operatic song" .)

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