Pointed publicity for British Rail (5)

I believe the answer is:

brads

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'pointed publicity for british rail' is the definition.
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'publicity for british rail' is the wordplay.
'publicity' becomes 'ads' (advert).
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'british rail' becomes 'br'.
'ads' after 'br' is 'BRADS'.

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