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Actor with little time reading a novel (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tragedian

'actor' is the definition.
(I know that tragedian is a type of actor)

'little time reading a novel' is the wordplay.
'little time' becomes 't' (abbreviation for time).
'novel' indicates an anagram (letters in a new or novel order).
'reading'+'a'='readinga'
'readinga' anagrammed gives 'ragedian'.
't'+'ragedian'='TRAGEDIAN'

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for tragedian that I've seen before include "Egad, I rant about dramatic actor" , "Dramatist" , "actor in Macbeth?" , "Egad, I rant about actor in sad drama" , "A great din (anag) - actor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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