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Partners back film (7)

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I believe the answer is:

western

'film' is the definition.
(Western is an example)

'partners back' is the wordplay.
'partners' becomes 'we'.
'back' becomes 'stern' (I've seen this before).
'we'+'stern'='WESTERN'

(Other definitions for western that I've seen before include "Cowboy film of occidental origin" , "direction?" , "Old film genre, horse opera" , "American film" , "Type of film or music" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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