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Standard form filled with rubbish automatically? (6-7)

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I believe the answer is:

parrot-fashion

'automatically?' is the definition.
(repeated like a parrot)

'standard form filled with rubbish' is the wordplay.
'standard' becomes 'par' (standard of play in golf).
'form' becomes 'fashion' (I've seen this in another clue).
'filled with' is an insertion indicator.
'rubbish' becomes 'rot' (both can mean nonsense).
'par'+'fashion'='parfashion'
'parfashion' enclosing 'rot' is 'PARROT-FASHION'.

(Other definitions for parrot-fashion that I've seen before include "By rote (haute couture for birds?)" , "(Learning) by rote" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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