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Actors opening in Hugo musical for keeps (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

castles

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

'actors opening in hugo musical' is the wordplay.
'actors' becomes 'cast' (group of actors).
'opening in hugo musical' becomes 'les' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cast'+'les'='CASTLES'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for castles that I've seen before include "English homes?" , "Don't build the chess pieces in the air" , "buildings" , "Large and stately mansions" , "Fortresses" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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