Acts for different agents (7)

I believe the answer is:

factors

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

'acts for different' is the wordplay.
'different' indicates anagramming the letters.
'acts'+'for'='actsfor'
'actsfor' anagrammed gives 'FACTORS'.

(Other definitions for factors that I've seen before include "Agents" , "Circumstances that contribute to a result" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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