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Easily influenced to stay in shot (7)

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plastic

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'easily influenced' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can sometimes mean the same thing.

'stay in shot' is the wordplay.
'stay' becomes 'last'.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'shot' becomes 'pic' (I've seen this in another clue).
'last' going into 'pic' is 'PLASTIC'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for plastic that I've seen before include "source of credit" , "Artificial/synthetic" , "credit may be on it" , "Easily shaped/moulded" , "Unattractively artificial" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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