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Backing last couple of actors in show (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reversal

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'backing last' is the definition.
'reversal' can be an answer for 'backing' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'last' bit.

'couple of actors in show' is the wordplay.
'couple of actors' becomes 'rs' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'show' becomes 'reveal' (revealing is a kind of showing).
'rs' going within 'reveal' is 'REVERSAL'.

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(Other definitions for reversal that I've seen before include "A change to an opposite direction" , "switch" , "A turning back" , "misfortune!" , "Negation" .)

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