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Film director with a good score when shooting (6)

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I believe the answer is:

winner

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

'with a good score when shooting' is the wordplay.
'with' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'a good score when shooting' becomes 'inner' (type of archery or shooting score).
'w'+'inner'='WINNER'

(Other definitions for winner that I've seen before include "Victor" , "One succeeds" , "film director" , "success" , "Conqueror" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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