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Too much din and fuss swirling around English movie (3,5,2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

the sound of music

'movie' is the definition.
(I have seen 'feelgood movie' mean 'the sound of music' so perhaps 'movie' could also mean 'the sound of music')

'too much din and fuss swirling around english' is the wordplay.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'swirling' is an anagram indicator.
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'too'+'much'+'din'+'fuss'='toomuchdinfuss'
'toomuchdinfuss' is an anagram of 'thsoundofmusic'.
'thsoundofmusic' placed around 'e' is 'THE SOUND OF MUSIC'.

(Other definitions for the sound of music that I've seen before include "feelgood movie" , "Musical (what else could it be?)" , "Show" , "that once enlivened the hills?" , "Film with Julie Andrews" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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