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Deprive leading actor with odd view (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

starve

'deprive' is the definition.
(starving is a kind of depriving)

'leading actor with odd view' is the wordplay.
'leading actor' becomes 'star' (I've seen this before).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'odd' means one should take alternating letters.
The alternate letters of 'view' are 've'.
'star'+'ve'='STARVE'

(Other definitions for starve that I've seen before include "Go hungry" , "Suffer from lack of food" , "Suffer great hunger" , "Die of hunger" , "Suffer extreme hunger" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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