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Songs openly blasting on every one of the commercials (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ballads

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'songs' is the definition.
(ballad is a kind of song)

'openly blasting on every one of the commercials' is the wordplay.
'openly blasting on every one of' becomes 'ball' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the commercials' becomes 'ads' (I've seen this before).
'ball'+'ads'='BALLADS'

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(Other definitions for ballads that I've seen before include "Soppy songs!" , "Popular songs" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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