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Be a practical joker to get dramatic effects? (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

play tricks

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'be a practical joker to' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'dramatic effects?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'dramatic' could be 'play' (a play is a drama) and 'play' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'tricks' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'get' is the link.

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