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Excellent detective in film (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

goldeneye

'film' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'excellent detective' is the wordplay.
'excellent' becomes 'golden' (I've seen this before).
'detective' becomes 'eye' (as in a private eye).
'golden'+'eye'='GOLDENEYE'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for goldeneye that I've seen before include "Northern diving duck - 1995 Bond film" , "spy film" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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