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Disturbance in Molière, Act I gone? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

latecomer

'disturbance in moliere' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'act i gone?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'i' could be 'me' and 'me' is located in the answer.
'gone?' could be 'late' (I've seen this before) and 'late' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'cor' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

(Other definitions for latecomer that I've seen before include "Recent convert" , "Person arriving behind time" , "Delayed arrival" , "One who arrives tardily, not punctually" , "one's a poor timekeeper" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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