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Drive off, cutting short filming (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shoo

'drive off' is the definition.
(shooing is a kind of driving off)

'cutting short filming' is the wordplay.
'cutting short' means to remove the last letter.
'filming' becomes 'shoot' (as in a film shoot).
'shoot' with its final letter taken off is 'SHOO'.

(Other definitions for shoo that I've seen before include "Push off" , "Exclamation used to chase away animals" , "Go away quickly!" , "Drive away" , "Expression to chase away an animal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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