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Why pout when radio interference obliterates the signal? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

wipeout

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'why pout when radio interference obliterates the' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'signal?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'signal?' could be 'pe' (pe is a kind of signal) and 'pe' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for wipeout that I've seen before include "Complete destruction" , "Total disaster" , "Obliterate" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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