Director and unsubtle actor get ready in the UAE (6)

I believe the answer is:

dirham

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'ready in the uae' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'director and unsubtle actor' is the wordplay.
'director' becomes 'dir'.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'unsubtle actor' becomes 'ham' (ham actor is a kind of actor. I am not sure about the 'unsubtle' bit.).
'dir'+'ham'='DIRHAM'

'get' is the link.

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(Other definitions for dirham that I've seen before include "bread" , "change from Casablanca!" , "Moroccan currency" , "Currency of United Arab Emirates" , "Libyan CURRENCY" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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