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Actors were first to have made a move on board (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

castled

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'to have made a move on board' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'actors were' is the wordplay.
'actors' becomes 'cast' (group of actors).
'were' becomes 'led' (leading is a kind of being).
'cast'+'led'='CASTLED'

'first' is the link.

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(Other definitions for castled that I've seen before include "Made a chess move" , "have moved on board" , "Performed chess move" , "defensive move" , "Moved king into safety" .)

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