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Came in to change the pictures (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cinema

'the pictures' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'came in to change' is the wordplay.
'to change' indicates an anagram.
'came'+'in'='camein'
'camein' anagrammed gives 'CINEMA'.

(Other definitions for cinema that I've seen before include "(Building showing) films" , "Movie house" , "Place of entertainment" , "Picture house" , "Filmdom" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Globe and Mail.
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