The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MOVIES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result MOVIES
- Metropolitan Opera initially is in competition with films
- Film studio ultimately competes in cinema
- Travels around island making films
- This is what Oscars are about, and Flash is a contender
- Flicks mane initially over jockeys
- Films script involving old battle
- Ice hockey team squeezes into some foreign cinema
- Pictures stir, overwhelm one sister
- Screenings of birthmarks essentially down by 88%
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The straight part
We know that "cinema" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cinema = movies.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does MOVIES mean?
MOVIES noun- A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion.
- (usually plural) A cinema.
- (by extension) The cinema