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Strategy culminates in bloke booming (8)

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I believe the answer is:

plangent

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'booming' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'strategy culminates in bloke' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'strategy' could be 'plan' (a strategy is a plan or tactic) and 'plan' is found within the answer.
'bloke' could be 'gent' (both can mean a man) and 'gent' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for plangent that I've seen before include "booming" , "Mournful-sounding" , "information to put around" , "Noisy" , "Loud and sad" .)

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