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Pushy people have promotion (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hype

'promotion' is the definition.
(I know that hype is a type of promotion)

'pushy people have' is the wordplay.
'have' indicates a hidden word.
'HYPE' is hidden in the letters of 'pushy people'.

(Other definitions for hype that I've seen before include "Puffery" , "Advert" , "Exaggerated advocacy" , "used by pusher?" , "Artificially induced excitement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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