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Shapes I'm busting to get attention (8)

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I believe the answer is:

emphasis

'attention' is the definition.
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'shapes i'm busting' is the wordplay.
'busting' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'busted' mean this).
'shapes'+'im'='shapesim'
'shapesim' is an anagram of 'EMPHASIS'.

'to get' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for emphasis that I've seen before include "Weight" , "Force" , "Stress or significance" , "Special importance or prominence given to something" , "Stress - misshape (anag)" .)

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