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Actor fit to make comeback (4)

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I believe the answer is:

elba

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'actor' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'fit to make comeback' is the wordplay.
'fit' becomes 'able' (similar in meaning).
'to make comeback' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (I've seen 'making comeback' mean this).
'able' reversed gives 'ELBA'.

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(Other definitions for elba that I've seen before include "Island of Napoleon's exile in 1814-15" , "Where emperor was confined" , "Napoleon's exile isle" , "Italian isle" , "Napoleonic prison" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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