Film of some value that's all over the Oscars? (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
gold plate
'film' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'some value that's all over the oscars?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'some' could be 'a' and 'a' is present in the answer.
'over' could be 'o' (cricket abbreviation) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gold plate that I've seen before include "precious ware" , "Gild" , "Rich metal dishes, etc" , "Tall podge (anag.)" .)