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Over Tannoy, makes illegal announcement about match (5)

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I believe the answer is:

banns

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'announcement about match' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'over tannoy makes illegal' is the wordplay.
'over' is an insertion indicator.
'tannoy' becomes 'n' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'makes illegal' becomes 'bans' (I've seen this in another clue).
'n' inserted inside 'bans' is 'BANNS'.

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(Other definitions for banns that I've seen before include "Notice of marriage read in church" , "Pre-wedding notice" , "Notice of a wedding" , "Public announcement read in church of forthcoming marriage" , "Proclamation of intended marriage" .)

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