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The bones of broadcasting unit briefly close to his heart (5)

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I believe the answer is:

radii

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'the bones' is the definition.
(radius is a kind of bone)

'unit briefly close to his heart' is the wordplay.
'unit' becomes 'R' (R is an example).
'briefly close' becomes 'adi' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'heart' means to look at the middle letters.
The centre of 'his' is 'i'.
'r'+'adi'+'i'='RADII'

'of broadcasting' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for radii that I've seen before include "spoke with others" , "Veins of insect's wings" , "spoke several times" , "Straight lines from the centre to the surface of a sphere" , "Spokes of wheel - bones of arm" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and The Irish Times.
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