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Act for every class, twirling cane (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

performance

'act' is the definition.
(performance is a kind of act)

'every class twirling cane' is the wordplay.
'every' becomes 'per' (I've seen this in other clues).
'class' becomes 'form class' (form class is a kind of class).
'twirling' indicates anagramming the letters.
'cane' anagrammed gives 'ance'.
'per'+'form'+'ance'='PERFORMANCE'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for performance that I've seen before include "Presentation" , "(Actor's) rendering of a role" , "Execution" , "Dramatic production" , "Rendition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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