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Cast hit with crisis on producing melodrama (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

histrionics

'melodrama' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'cast hit with crisis on' is the wordplay.
'cast' indicates anagramming the letters.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'crisis'+'on'='crisison'
'hit' after 'crisison' is 'crisisonhit'.
'crisisonhit' anagrammed gives 'HISTRIONICS'.

'producing' is the link.

(Other definitions for histrionics that I've seen before include "Melodramatic behaviour" , "Attention-grabbing behaviour" , "play-acting" , "Overly-dramatic attention-seeking behaviour" , "Emotional display" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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