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British doctor has struggle making low-budget film (1-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

b-movie

'low-budget film' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'british doctor has struggle' is the subsidiary indication.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'doctor' becomes 'mo' (**).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'struggle' becomes 'vie' (I've seen this in other clues).
'b'+'mo'+'vie'='bmovie'

'making' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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