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Ms Gardner and sailor in film (6)

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

'ms gardner and sailor' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'gardner' could be 'ava' (actress Ava Gardner) and 'ava' is located in the answer.
'sailor' could be 'tar' (tar can mean a sailor) and 'tar' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for avatar that I've seen before include "Divine appearance" , "heavenly body!)" , "Graphic" , "Incarnation of a Hindu deity in human or animal form" , "Cyberspace person's image" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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