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Comes across edgy movie tapes full of energy (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meets

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'comes across' is the definition.
('meet' can be a synonym of 'come across')

'edgy movie tapes full of energy' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'movie' could be 'et' and 'et' is present in the answer.
'energy' could be 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2) and 'e' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ms' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for meets that I've seen before include "Comes together with others" , "Encounters or suffices" , "Hunt assemblies" , "Joins with" , "Hunts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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