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Recording established in Slough base (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cassette

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'recording' is the definition.
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'established in slough base' is the wordplay.
'established' becomes 'set'.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'slough base' becomes 'caste' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'set' placed inside 'caste' is 'CASSETTE'.

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(Other definitions for cassette that I've seen before include "Test case about tape container" , "Container that holds a magnetic tape" , "Vintage recording" , "Spool of tape" , "Recording medium" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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