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Possible pollutant finally wrapped in film (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plastic

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'possible pollutant' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both substances as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'finally wrapped in film' is the wordplay.
'finally' becomes 'last' (synonyms).
'wrapped in' is an insertion indicator.
'film' becomes 'pic' (short for picture).
'last' going inside 'pic' is 'PLASTIC'.

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(Other definitions for plastic that I've seen before include "Scalp it badly to make a synthetic material" , "Lips act as a synthetic material" , "Unattractively synthetic" , "Like some cards" , "Synthetic polymer" .)

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