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Film New York characters describing latte, maybe? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

skinny

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'characters describing latte maybe?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'film new york' is the wordplay.
'film' becomes 'skin' (I've seen this in other clues).
'new york' becomes 'ny'.
'skin'+'ny'='SKINNY'

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(Other definitions for skinny that I've seen before include "little of substance?" , "'Scrawny, weedy (6)'" , "not having much in the way of meat" , "Unattractively thin" , "far from stout!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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