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Experience after live act (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

behave

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'act' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to bodily activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'experience after live' is the wordplay.
'experience' becomes 'have' (having is a kind of experiencing**).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'live' becomes 'be' ('be' can be a synonym of 'live').
'have' after 'be' is 'BEHAVE'.

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(Other definitions for behave that I've seen before include "Act or react - show good manners" , "Act in a certain manner" , "Conduct oneself well" , "Handle" , "Mind your manners" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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