Mechanically repeat paragraph? Rubbish (6)

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parrot

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'mechanically repeat' is the definition.
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'paragraph? rubbish' is the wordplay.
'paragraph?' becomes 'par' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rubbish' becomes 'rot' (both can mean nonsense).
'par'+'rot'='PARROT'

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(Other definitions for parrot that I've seen before include "Long John Silver's Captain Flint" , "Repeat automatically" , "Mechanically repeat; bird" , "Imitate like tropical bird" , "18's [BIRD]" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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