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Very tailored cut-offs, a means of improving film star's look? (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

soft focus

'a means of improving film star's look?' is the definition.
(deliberate slight blurring of film or photo)

'very tailored cut-offs' is the wordplay.
'very' becomes 'so' (both can mean 'extremely').
'tailored' indicates anagramming the letters (the letters are customised ).
'cut'+'offs'='cutoffs'
'cutoffs' anagrammed gives 'ftfocus'.
'so'+'ftfocus'='SOFT FOCUS'

(Another definition for soft focus that I've seen is " which can hide signs of age?".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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