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Producer's question over millions invested in sound being insufficient (7)

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I believe the answer is:

showman

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'producer's' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'in sound being insufficient' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'sound' becomes 'shown' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'being' becomes 'man' (human being).
'insufficient' means to remove the last letter.
'man' with its final letter removed is 'ma'.
'shown' placed around 'ma' is 'SHOWMAN'.

'question over millions invested' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for showman that I've seen before include "Person helping to present" , "Circus or fair manager" , "Entertainer" , "Impresario" , "Circus proprietor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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