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Absurd broadcast covering the French goods that are hard-wearing (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

durables

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'goods that are hard-wearing' is the definition.
'durables' can be an answer for 'goods' (durables is a kind of goods). I'm not sure about the rest of the definition.

'absurd broadcast covering the french' is the wordplay.
'broadcast' indicates anagramming the letters (letters scattered or cast around).
'covering' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'absurd' is an anagram of 'durabs'.
'durabs' going around 'le' is 'DURABLES'.

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(Other definitions for durables that I've seen before include "Goods likely to long-wearing" , "Consumer goods that are not destroyed by use" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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