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Film stars maybe caught escaping - they will be charged (4)

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ions

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'film stars' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both natural objects as well as being plural nouns.
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(Other definitions for ions that I've seen before include "items with a charge" , "Electrically-charged particles" , "Charged atom or molecule" , "Electrically charged particles" , "N in radio comms." .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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