Repudiate what the police inspector broadcast? (6)
I believe the answer is:
disown
'repudiate' is the definition.
(I know that repudiate can be written as disown)
'inspector broadcast?' is the wordplay.
'inspector' becomes 'di' (abbreviation for Detective Inspector).
'broadcast?' becomes 'sown' (broadcast can mean to sow seeds).
'di'+'sown'='DISOWN'
'what the police' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for disown that I've seen before include "Reject all connection with, refuse to acknowledge" , "Wins do (anag)" , "Refuse responsibility for" , "Refuse to be associated with (something/someone)" , "Deny any connection with" .)