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Brief
shots
of
mother,
topless
doing
a
twirl
(4)
Brief shots of mother, topless doing a twirl (4)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
The definition is brief shots — that's AMMO as in short for ammunition. "Mother" gives you MOMMA, then topless strips off the first letter to leave OMMA, and doing a twirl reverses that to land you on AMMO.