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Obscure extra had to interrupt broadcast (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overshadow

'obscure' is the definition.
(overshadowing is a kind of obscuring)

'extra had to interrupt broadcast' is the wordplay.
'extra' becomes 'over'.
'to interrupt' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'broadcast' becomes 'sow' (sowing is a kind of broadcasting**).
'had' placed into 'sow' is 'shadow'.
'over'+'shadow'='OVERSHADOW'

(Other definitions for overshadow that I've seen before include "Cast gloom on" , "Dominate" , "Dwarf" , "Eclipse" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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