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Cut solo on soundstage for familiar actor (3,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sly stallone

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'soundstage for familiar actor' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'cut solo' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'solo' could be 'lone' (both can mean alone) and 'lone' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'on' is the link.

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