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Charm the actors with a break (4,1,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cast a spell

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'charm' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'actors with a break' is the wordplay.
'actors' becomes 'cast' (group of actors).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a break' becomes 'aspell' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'cast'+'aspell'='CAST A SPELL'

'the' acts as a link.

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