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Paint a toad for a change? Yes (10)

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I believe the answer is:

adaptation

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'yes' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
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'paint a toad for a change?' is the wordplay.
'for a change?' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'for a change' mean this).
'paint'+'a'+'toad'='paintatoad'
'paintatoad' is an anagram of 'ADAPTATION'.

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(Other definitions for adaptation that I've seen before include "screen version?" , "to do with evolution" , "change" , "Version for TV of a feature" , "Adjustment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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