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Bond's boss and assistant returned for films, TV etc (5)

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I believe the answer is:

media

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'films tv etc' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'bond's boss and assistant returned' is the wordplay.
'bond's boss' becomes 'm' (M is the head of MI6 in the James Bond series).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'assistant' becomes 'aide' (aide is a kind of assistant).
'returned' says the letters should be written backwards.
'aide' written backwards gives 'edia'.
'm'+'edia'='MEDIA'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for media that I've seen before include "Reporters" , "Aimed (anag.)" , "journalists' outlets" , "News channels" , "region near Caspian Sea" .)

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