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Message imparted by animated movie about cocaine trouble (9)

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I believe the answer is:

voicemail

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'message imparted' is the definition.
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'animated movie about cocaine trouble' is the wordplay.
'animated' indicates an anagram.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'cocaine' becomes 'C' (drugs abbreviation).
'trouble' becomes 'ail' (synonyms).
'movie' is an anagram of 'voiem'.
'voiem' placed around 'c' is 'voicem'.
'voicem'+'ail'='VOICEMAIL'

'by' is the link.

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(Another definition for voicemail that I've seen is " What's reached, when someone can't be reached!".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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