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Work for an actor on his own? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

apart

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'actor on his own?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun but the answer is not.

'work for an' is the wordplay.
'work' becomes 'part' (part is a kind of work).
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'an' becomes 'a'.
'part' put after 'a' is 'APART'.

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(Other definitions for apart that I've seen before include "set aside" , "First Christmas present from my love" , "Estranged - in pieces" , "cut off from others" , "Separated physically" .)

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