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Fine stuff, player collecting crosses in the middle (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gossamer

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

'player collecting crosses in the middle' is the wordplay.
'player' becomes 'gamer' (I've seen this before).
'collecting' is an insertion indicator.
'in the middle' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle of 'crosses' is 'oss'.
'gamer' placed around 'oss' is 'GOSSAMER'.

(Other definitions for gossamer that I've seen before include "Threads from spiders" , "Filaments of a spider's web" , "Very thin material" , "Flimsy, delicate material" , "Material spun by spiders" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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