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Produced in a dramatic way (6)

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I believe the answer is:

staged

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'produced' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'a dramatic way' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'way' could be 'st' (abbreviation for street) and 'st' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ged' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for staged that I've seen before include "In tiers" , "Orchestrated" , "Put on (as show)" , "Mounted (a play)" , "Get ads (anag) - performed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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