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Oratorio is a new production in network (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

messiah

'oratorio' is the definition.
(Messiah is an example)

'is a new production in network' is the wordplay.
'new production' is an anagram indicator.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'network' becomes 'mesh' ('mesh' can be a synonym of 'network'**).
'is'+'a'='isa'
'isa' is an anagram of 'sia'.
'sia' put inside 'mesh' is 'MESSIAH'.

(Other definitions for messiah that I've seen before include "Hallelujah chorus work" , "Handel's oratorio first performed in Dublin" , "Gospel saviour as prophesied" , "champion, possibly" , "The Promised One" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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