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Cat roved around and played (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cavorted

'played' is the definition.
(cavorting is a kind of playing)

'cat roved around' is the wordplay.
'around' is an anagram indicator.
'cat'+'roved'='catroved'
'catroved' with letters rearranged gives 'CAVORTED'.

'and' is the link.

(Another definition for cavorted that I've seen is " Pranced".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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