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Live broadcast meant to include judge and poet (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

betjeman

'poet' is the definition.
(English poet John Betjeman)

'live broadcast meant to include judge' is the wordplay.
'live' becomes 'be' (synonyms).
'broadcast' indicates anagramming the letters (letters scattered or cast around).
'to include' is an insertion indicator.
'judge' becomes 'j' (abbreviation for judge).
'meant' is an anagram of 'teman'.
'teman' enclosing 'j' is 'tjeman'.
'be'+'tjeman'='BETJEMAN'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for betjeman that I've seen before include "Slough was his" , "John ---, 70s Poet Laureate" , "Sir John --, former poet laureate" , "He hymned Joan Hunter Dunn" , "See 10" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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