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Blasts odd idea for a movie (7)

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I believe the answer is:

tootsie

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'blasts' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'odd idea for a movie' is the wordplay.
'odd' indicates alternate letters.
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'a movie' becomes 'toots' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The alternate letters of 'idea' are 'ie'.
'ie' after 'toots' is 'TOOTSIE'.

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(Other definitions for tootsie that I've seen before include "Film with Dustin Hoffman" , "Child's word for toe" , "Foot or toe (childish)" , "Funnily enough, foot" , "Foot (jocular)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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