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Action? There I may be misplaced, being an impractical type (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

theoretician

'an impractical type' is the definition.

'action? there i may be misplaced' is the wordplay.
'may be misplaced' indicates anagramming the letters.
'action'+'there'+'i'='actiontherei'
'actiontherei' with letters rearranged gives 'THEORETICIAN'.

'being' is the link.

(Other definitions for theoretician that I've seen before include "Abstract thinker" , "someone who figures things out on paper?" , "I think" , "One ignoring experimentation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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