Pointed British Rail publicity? (5)

I believe the answer is:

brads

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'pointed' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs, they are not in the same form of the verb.

'british rail publicity?' is the wordplay.
'british rail' becomes 'br'.
'publicity?' becomes 'ads' (advert).
'br'+'ads'='BRADS'

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