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Does it follow the film advertised? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trailer

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'film advertised?' is the definition.
I know that 'film' relates to this answer.

'does it follow' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'it' could be 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis) and 't' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'railer' 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).

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for trailer that I've seen before include "Extract for advance publicity" , "Rear section of an articulated lorry" , "Short scenes from a future film" , "Retrial (anag)" , "It follows a car but may be seen in the cinema" .)

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