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Pay for 'mature' film? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

footage

'film?' is the definition.
(footage is a kind of film)

'pay for mature' is the wordplay.
'pay for' becomes 'foot' (as in to foot the bill).
'mature' becomes 'age' ('age' can be a synonym of 'mature').
'foot'+'age'='FOOTAGE'

(Other definitions for footage that I've seen before include "Quantity of film (of event)" , "Piece of filmed material" , "Part of film" , "Length of film" , "quantity shot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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