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Cuts short adult film star Jeff (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abridges

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'cuts' is the definition.
('abridge' can be a synonym of 'cut')

'adult film star jeff' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'adult' could be 'a' (abbreviation) and 'a' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'bridges' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'short' is the link.

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(Other definitions for abridges that I've seen before include "Makes short work of" , "Shortens" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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