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Colour film — live golf — repeatedly cut up (10)

Ross

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exaggerate

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'colour film' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for exaggerate that I've seen before include "Overstate; intensify" , "Stretch" , "Overdo" , "Overstate unduly" .)

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