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Film outstanding gallery (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acetate

'film' is the definition.
(type of material)

'outstanding gallery' is the wordplay.
'outstanding' becomes 'ace' (I've seen this before).
'gallery' becomes 'tate' (Tate Modern, Tate Britain etc).
'ace'+'tate'='ACETATE'

(Other definitions for acetate that I've seen before include "Synthetic fabric" , "Demo disc" , "film on overhead projector" , "Sort of fabric" , "It once covered records" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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