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Shooting production, ultimately within original figure (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gunfire

'shooting' is the definition.
(gunfire is a kind of shooting)

'production ultimately within original figure' is the wordplay.
'ultimately' says to take the final letters.
'within' is an insertion indicator.
'original' indicates anagramming the letters.
The final letter of 'production' is 'n'.
'figure' is an anagram of 'gufire'.
'n' put within 'gufire' is 'GUNFIRE'.

(Other definitions for gunfire that I've seen before include "Reports" , "Fine rug (anag.)" , "Repeated shooting" , "Noise of shots" , "Weaponry noise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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