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Performer meddling in movie at first with little hesitation (5)

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I believe the answer is:

mimer

'performer' is the definition.
(mimer is a kind of performer)

'meddling in movie at first with little hesitation' is the wordplay.
'at first' suggests taking the first letters.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'little hesitation' becomes 'er'.
The initial letters of 'meddling in movie' is 'mim'.
'mim'+'er'='MIMER'

(Another definition for mimer that I've seen is " Performer".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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