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Where a film is made (Inception) (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

onset

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

'where a film is' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'film' could be 'et' (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) and 'et' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ons' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'made' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for onset that I've seen before include "starting?" , "Appearance of" , "origin" , "Beginning; violent attack" , "Inception" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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