Quiet bore gets promoted (7)

I believe the answer is:

plugged

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'promoted' is the definition.
(plugging is a kind of promoting)

'quiet bore' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'quiet' could be 'p' (music symbol for 'piano', ie soft or quiet) and 'p' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'lugged' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'gets' acts as a link.

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I've seen this clue in The Times.

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