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Transmissions from an English port in case of hostilities (9)

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I believe the answer is:

handovers

'transmissions' is the definition.
(transmission can mean handing something over)

'an english port in case of hostilities' is the wordplay.
'english port' becomes 'dover' (Dover is an English port).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'case of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (outsides of).
'hostilities' with its middle removed is 'hs'.
'an'+'dover'='andover'
'andover' inserted into 'hs' is 'HANDOVERS'.

'from' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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