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Acted in play about Juliet -- I have part of speech to modify (9)

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I believe the answer is:

adjective

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'speech to modify' is the definition.
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'acted in play about juliet i have' is the wordplay.
'in play' indicates an anagram (letters play around).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'juliet' becomes 'J' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'i have' becomes 'I've' (contraction of 'I have').
'acted' with letters rearranged gives 'adect'.
'adect' placed around 'j' is 'adject'.
'adject'+'ive'='ADJECTIVE'

'part of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for adjective that I've seen before include "Word qualifying a noun" , "Qualifying or descriptive part of speech" , "It describes a noun" , "Word describing" , "Modifier of a noun" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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