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She perhaps goes after article in film (3,7,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

the african queen

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

'she perhaps goes after article' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'she' could be 'thea' and 'thea' is present in the answer.
'article' could be 'an' (indefinite article) and 'an' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for the african queen that I've seen before include "Cleopatra" , "film" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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