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Self-assured novice fronted broadcast (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overconfident

'self-assured' is the definition.
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'novice fronted broadcast' is the wordplay.
'broadcast' indicates anagramming the letters (letters scattered or cast around).
'novice'+'fronted'='novicefronted'
'novicefronted' anagrammed gives 'OVERCONFIDENT'.

(Other definitions for overconfident that I've seen before include "Too bullish" , "Too sure of oneself" , "Cock-sure" , "Too certain of oneself" , "Too bold or certain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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