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Become keen on act (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

turn into

'become' is the definition.
('turn into' can be a synonym of 'become')

'keen on act' is the wordplay.
'keen' becomes 'into'.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'act' becomes 'turn' (theatre**).
'into' after 'turn' is 'TURN INTO'.

(Another definition for turn into that I've seen is " Become".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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