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Teacher possibly due to become an actor? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

educator

'teacher' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'possibly due to become an actor?' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates an anagram.
'to become' indicates an anagram.
'due' with letters rearranged gives 'edu'.
'actor' is an anagram of 'cator'.
'edu'+'cator'='EDUCATOR'

(Other definitions for educator that I've seen before include "coach" , "Teacher, lecturer" , "mistress, say" , "Pedagogue, teacher" , "school worker" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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