Child holding new suit strangely ends cartoon film (4,6,3,8)

I believe the answer is:

kind hearts and coronets

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'child holding new suit strangely ends cartoon film' is the definition.
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'child holding new suit strangely ends cartoon film' is the wordplay.
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'new' could be 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament) and 'n' is found in the answer.
'child' could be 'kid' (synonyms) and 'kid' is found within the remaining letters.
'suit' could be 'hearts' (hearts is a playing card suit) and 'hearts' is located in the answer.
'film' could be 'et' (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) and 'et' is present in the answer.
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