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Box contains old film (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cartoon

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'film' is the definition.
(cartoon is a kind of movie)

'box contains old' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'old' could be 'o' (abbreviation) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'box' could be 'carton' (carton is a kind of box) and 'carton' is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for cartoon that I've seen before include "Humorous drawing or film of a succession of them" , "Comic drawing" , "Comical drawing" , "Comic strip" , "Humorous sketch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express and The Mirror.
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