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Breach in border intended to be announced (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

infringement

'breach' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'in border intended to be announced' is the wordplay.
'border' becomes 'fringe' (fringing is a kind of bordering).
'intended' becomes 'meant' (to mean something is to intend it).
'to be announced' shows a homophone (sound like).
'meant' is a homophone of 'ment'.
'in'+'fringe'+'ment'='INFRINGEMENT'

(Other definitions for infringement that I've seen before include "Violation of law" , "Breaking (of a law, etc)" , "Offence" , "Minor lawbreaking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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