Act out a bit of verse in tragedy (11)

I believe the answer is:

catastrophe

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'tragedy' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'act out a bit of verse' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'bit of verse' becomes 'strophe' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'act' with letters rearranged gives 'cat'.
'cat'+'a'+'strophe'='CATASTROPHE'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for catastrophe that I've seen before include "Event causing much damage" , "Tragedy" , "final event" , "Great disaster" , "Destructive event" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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