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Show made for TV, then old cuts appear for broadcast (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

soap opera

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'show' is the definition.
(I know that soap opera is a type of show)

'for tv then old cuts appear for broadcast' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'then' could be 'so' (both can mean 'therefore' or 'in that case') and 'so' is located in the answer.
'old' could be 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English) and 'o' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'appear' is 'appera' which is within the left over letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'made' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for soap opera that I've seen before include "TV serial such as Coronation Street" , "Serialised domestic melodrama on TV or radio" , "Eg, Coronation Street" , ""Coronation Street", for example" , "Melodramatic TV serial" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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