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Cheese makes trio act badly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ricotta

'cheese' is the definition.
(ricotta is a type of cheese)

'trio act badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' is an anagram indicator (letters in the wrong order).
'trio'+'act'='trioact'
'trioact' anagrammed gives 'RICOTTA'.

'makes' is the link.

(Other definitions for ricotta that I've seen before include "cheese found" , "Italian 8 across" , "Sheep's milk cheese" , "may come from Italian press?" , "dairy produce" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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