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Actor seen in craft heading up African river (8)

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I believe the answer is:

travolta

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

'craft heading up african river' is the wordplay.
'craft' becomes 'art' (both can mean cunning or trickery).
'heading up' says the letters should be written backwards (in a down clue, letters go up).
'african river' becomes 'volta' (I've seen this in another clue).
'art' reversed gives 'tra'.
'tra'+'volta'='TRAVOLTA'

'seen in' acts as a link.

(Another definition for travolta that I've seen is " John --, US actor".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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