The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MEDIA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result MEDIA
- Assistant brought up to support mass TV etc
- Radio etc aimed to broadcast
- Oil press for two
- Newspaper etc omitting indefinite number in statistical quantity
- Papers etc dismissing knight from holy city
- Ancient Asian country’s means of communication?
- The writer gets help backing newspapers etc.
- Sources of information chap in goal rejected
- Incorrectly, he’d say I’m avoiding publicity
- Bond’s boss and assistant returned for films, TV etc
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The straight part
We know that "TV etc" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case tv etc = media.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does MEDIA mean?
MEDIA noun- The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
- A voiced stop consonant.
- One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus
- An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
- Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
- (usually with a definite article; often used as uncountable) The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
- (plural media or mediums) The chemistry of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
- (plural media or mediums) The materials or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass.
- (plural media or mediums) A format for communicating or presenting information.
- (plural media or mediums) The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.
- (plural media or mediums) A nutrient solution for the growth of cells in vitro.
- (plural media or mediums) The means, channel, or agency by which an aim is achieved.
- (plural mediums or media) A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
- (plural mediums or media) A tool used for painting or drawing.
- (plural mediums) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.
- (plural mediums) Anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container.
- (plural mediums) A person whom garments or apparel of intermediate size fit.
- (plural mediums) A half-pint serving of Guinness (or other stout in some regions).
- A middle place or degree.
- An average; sometimes the mathematical mean.
- The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.