Doctor struggles with sailors and actors (5,5)

I believe the answer is:

movie stars

'actors' is the definition.
(movie star is a kind of actor)

'doctor struggles with sailors' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'mo' (medical officer).
'struggles' becomes 'vies' (to vie is to struggle or contend with).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sailors' becomes 'tars' (tar is a kind of sailor).
'mo'+'vies'+'tars'='MOVIE STARS'

'and' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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