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Filled up tape with old broadcast (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

populated

'filled' is the definition.

'up tape with old broadcast' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'broadcast' indicates an anagram.
'up'+'tape'='uptape'
'uptape' put after 'old' is 'olduptape'.
'olduptape' anagrammed gives 'POPULATED'.

(Other definitions for populated that I've seen before include "Inhabited" , "with people" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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