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Curing head off movie studio (6)

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ealing

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'movie studio' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'curing head off' is the wordplay.
'curing' becomes 'healing' ('heal' can be a synonym of 'cure').
'head off' means to remove the first letter.
'healing' with its initial letter taken off is 'EALING'.

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(Other definitions for ealing that I've seen before include "English film studio famous for comedies" , "Name for British films like The Lavender Hill Mob" , "Were they genial at these London film studios?" , "Suburb with film studios" , "Classic comedy 8 studio" .)

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