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Acting quietly, get dinner served (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pretending

'acting' is the definition.
(pretending is a kind of acting)

'quietly get dinner served' is the wordplay.
'quietly' becomes 'p' (p for piano and quiet).
'served' is an anagram indicator.
'get'+'dinner'='getdinner'
'getdinner' anagrammed gives 'retending'.
'p'+'retending'='PRETENDING'

(Another definition for pretending that I've seen is " putting on an act".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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