Shocked by a less candid broadcast (11)

I believe the answer is:

scandalised

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'broadcast' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'shocked by a less candid' is the wordplay.
'shocked' indicates an anagram (letters are shocked or disrupted).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a'+'less'='aless'
'aless' put after 'candid' is 'candidaless'.
'candidaless' with letters rearranged gives 'SCANDALISED'.

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I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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