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Charlie reaches border in film sample (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clip

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'film sample' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'charlie reaches border' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'charlie' could be 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'c' is located in the answer.
'border' could be 'lip' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'lip' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for clip that I've seen before include "Cutting" , "Film excerpt" , "Cut - piece of film" , "Snippet of film" , "It can hold cartridges and hair" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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