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Stop broadcasting buffoon’s article in show (2,3,3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

go off the air

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'stop broadcasting buffoon's article in show' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'stop broadcasting buffoon's article in show' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'stop' could be 'gooff' (going off is a kind of stopping) and 'gooff' is found within the answer.
'article' could be 'the' (the definite article in English) and 'the' is present in the answer.
'show' could be 'air' (both can mean broadcast) and 'air' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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