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About to carve ham (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overact

'ham' is the definition.
('overact' can be a synonym of 'ham')

'about to carve' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'to'+'carve'='tocarve'
'tocarve' is an anagram of 'OVERACT'.

(Other definitions for overact that I've seen before include "pile it on" , "Be excessive like fulsome thespian" , "Perform hammily" , "Exaggeratedly perform a role" , "Ham (on stage)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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