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News read out and justified (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

answered

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'justified' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'news read out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'news'+'read'='newsread'
'newsread' anagrammed gives 'ANSWERED'.

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for answered that I've seen before include "was sufficient" , "Replied or responded" , "Returned" , "succeeded" , "Responded to a question" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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