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Break during noise where screenings take place in US (5-2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drive-in

'where screenings take place in us' is the definition.
(American drive-in cinemas)

'break during noise' is the wordplay.
'break' becomes 'rive' (to rive is to break or split apart).
'during' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'noise' becomes 'din' (din can mean a loud noise or disturbance).
'rive' inserted within 'din' is 'DRIVE-IN'.

(Other definitions for drive-in that I've seen before include "Describing a cinema, for example, where the audience is in cars" , "Intended to be visited by car" , "(Of cinema) enterable by car" , "Like, eg, a cinema for motorists in the US" , "Facility for use without leaving one's car" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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