Unusually, I did Ness meat spread (12)

I believe the answer is:

disseminated

'spread' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'unusually i did ness meat' is the wordplay.
'unusually' indicates an anagram.
'i'+'did'+'ness'+'meat'='ididnessmeat'
'ididnessmeat' is an anagram of 'DISSEMINATED'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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