Possible Clues:

• Cable TV, it's said, has little weight
• Message spread caused upset
• Great elm rotting — that's the message
• Message sent by telegraph
• Reg playing with metal wire
• Breaking metal chains say, right message
• Urgent message set Republican in school
• Message spread, allowed to be written about
• Let up, for example, on sheepish type in old communiqu??
• Let up, for example, on sheepish type in old communiqu?