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Copy badly executed procedure (9)

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I believe the answer is:

reproduce

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'copy' is the definition.
(I know that copy is a more specific form of reproduce)

'badly executed procedure' is the wordplay.
'procedure' anagrams to 'REPRODUCE'.
However, I am unsure how the anagram is indicated.

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(Other definitions for reproduce that I've seen before include "Duplicate" , "Create offspring" , "To propagate" , "Make a child" , "[DOUBLE]" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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