Took inspiration from popular, acclaimed broadcast (7)

I believe the answer is:

inhaled

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'took inspiration' is the definition.
(inspiration can mean breathing in)

'popular acclaimed broadcast' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'popular' could be 'in' ('in' can mean trendy) and 'in' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for inhaled that I've seen before include "Breathed in" , "inspired" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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