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Not fair on the subject of actors (8)

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I believe the answer is:

overcast

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'not fair' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'the subject of actors' is the wordplay.
'the subject of' becomes 'over' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'actors' becomes 'cast' (I've seen this before).
'over'+'cast'='OVERCAST'

'on' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for overcast that I've seen before include "State of the sky when it is covered by clouds" , "(Of sky) cloudy, dull" , "Sunless" , "State of a dark cloudy sky" , "Gloomy like cloudy sky" .)

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