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He has a heavy role at reading possibly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tragedian

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'he has a heavy role' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'at reading possibly' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates an anagram.
'at'+'reading'='atreading'
'atreading' with letters rearranged gives 'TRAGEDIAN'.

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(Other definitions for tragedian that I've seen before include "Egad, I rant about actor in sad drama" , "Egad, I rant about dramatic actor" , "Dramatist" , "A great din (anag) - actor" , "actor in Macbeth?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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