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Loose rocks over elevated cave shown (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

screened

'shown' is the definition.
(screen can mean to show a film)

'loose rocks over elevated cave' is the wordplay.
'loose rocks' becomes 'scree' (scree is a mass of loose rocks on a mountain).
'over' says to put letters next to each other.
'elevated' says the letters should be written backwards (in a down clue, letters go up).
'cave' becomes 'den' (I've seen this in another clue).
'den' backwards is 'ned'.
'scree'+'ned'='SCREENED'

(Other definitions for screened that I've seen before include "Shown in a cinema" , "shown on TV" , "Showed a movie" , "Involved in selection process" , "broadcast" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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