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Act out a search in burial place (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

catacomb

'burial place' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'act out a search' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'search' becomes 'comb' (combing is a kind of searching).
'act' is an anagram of 'cat'.
'cat'+'a'+'comb'='CATACOMB'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for catacomb that I've seen before include "cellar" , "Burial chamber with vaulted tunnels" , "Underground network" , "Underground Roman burial place" , "Burial-place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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