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Covering Oscars in high definition (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hood

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'covering' is the definition.
(hood is a kind of covering)

'oscars in high definition' is the wordplay.
'oscars in' becomes 'hoo' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'high' indicates taking the first letters (I've seen 'highest of' mean this (top letter - down clues only)).
The first letter of 'definition' is 'd'.
'hoo'+'d'='HOOD'

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(Other definitions for hood that I've seen before include "Capital cover" , "Part of subfusc" , "Bronx district" , "this could provide cover" , "Bonnet (US) - gangster (US)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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