The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word WESTERN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result WESTERN
- Partners back film
- You and I back film
- Partners demanding movie
- Partners at table back film
- People, in general, back to see film
- Film that you and I get back for
- Rest freely in city like 3, 10, 17, 22 and 28?
- Use a needle to wind back bird film?
- We back cowboy film
- Peripheral characters in weepie, serious film
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The straight part
We know that "film" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case film = western.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WESTERN mean?
WESTERN noun- A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850-1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict between whites and Indians, lawmen and outlaws, ranchers and farmers, or industry (railroads, mining) and agriculture.
- Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
- (of a wind) Blowing from the west; westerly.
- Occidental.