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Animated fun with Scottish film showing collaborators (5,10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fifth columnists

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'collaborators' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'animated fun with scottish film' is the wordplay.
'animated' is an anagram indicator.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'fun'+'scottish'+'film'='funscottishfilm'
'funscottishfilm' is an anagram of 'FIFTH COLUMNISTS'.

'showing' is the link.

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