Film and book with curtailed scope (5)
I believe the answer is:
bambi
'film' is the definition.
(Bambi is a Disney film)
'book with curtailed scope' is the wordplay.
'book with' becomes 'b' (abbreviation for book. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'curtailed' means to remove the last letter.
'scope' becomes 'ambit' (synonyms).
'ambit' with its last letter taken off is 'ambi'.
'b'+'ambi'='BAMBI'
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bambi that I've seen before include "Walt Disney's famous cartoon deer" , "Walt Disney's lovable cartoon deer" , "Disney fawn" , "D [Disney] made it" , "Animated creature" .)