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Recordings made by a pest giving trouble (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tapes

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'recordings' is the definition.
(I know this)

'by a pest giving trouble' is the wordplay.
'a pest' can be anagrammed to 'TAPES'.
But, I'm unsure how the anagram is indicated.

'made' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tapes that I've seen before include "A spate of magnetic records" , "Long thin pieces of cloth or paper" , "Records - strips of material" , "Magnetic strips for recording" , "Bands of fabric" .)

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