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Players not at home for Crusoe, say (8)

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I believe the answer is:

castaway

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'crusoe say' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'players not at home' is the wordplay.
'players' becomes 'cast' (group of actors).
'not at home' becomes 'away' (I've seen this before).
'cast'+'away'='CASTAWAY'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for castaway that I've seen before include "Tom Hanks movie" , "Robinson Crusoe was one" , "Desert island resident" , "One stranded remotely" , "One shipwrecked in an isolated place" .)

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