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During performance, first person has to be motionless (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inactive

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'be motionless' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'during performance first person has to' is the wordplay.
'during' becomes 'in' (e.g. during February means in February).
'performance' becomes 'act' (act is a kind of performance).
'first person' becomes 'I' (first-person pronoun).
'has to' becomes 've' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in'+'act'+'i'+'ve'='INACTIVE'

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(Other definitions for inactive that I've seen before include "Having no effect" , "Passive, not working or in motion" , "Chemically inert" , "Immobile, not working" , "Unoccupied" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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