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Article with favourable presentation about a player (8)

Ross

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thespian

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'player' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'article with favourable presentation about a' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article).
'with favourable presentation' becomes 'ips' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' is a reversal indicator.
'a' becomes 'an'.
'ips' reversed gives 'spi'.
'the'+'spi'+'an'='THESPIAN'

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(Other definitions for thespian that I've seen before include "Actor; relating to drama" , "He paints (anag)" , "Relating to the theatre" , "Theatrical type" , "Dramatic performer" .)

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