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Agent in favour of including a stage turn (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

factor

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'agent' is the definition.
(business term for a representative)

'in favour of including a stage turn' is the wordplay.
'in favour of' becomes 'for' (being for a particular cause).
'including' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a stage turn' becomes 'act' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'for' enclosing 'act' is 'FACTOR'.

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(Other definitions for factor that I've seen before include "Circumstance that contributes towards a result" , "one to be taken into account" , "Circumstances" , "Causal contribution to an outcome" , "Act for (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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