The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 6 letter word IN CAMERA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result IN CAMERA
- Private place for film?
- American punished without full scrutiny?
- American manoeuvres kept secret
- Criminal American behind closed doors
- American treated privately
- Private place for a film?
- Where film would be kept secretly
- In time to keep river out of public view
- Kooky American avoiding press and public
- Privately, artist arrived?
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The straight part
We know that "Private/place for film" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case private/place for film = in camera.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.