Forest god to act without sounding like a stage show (9)
I believe the answer is:
pantomime
'a stage show' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'forest god to act' is the wordplay.
'forest god' becomes 'pan' (I've seen this in another clue).
'act' becomes 'mime' (mime is a kind of act).
'pan'+'to'+'mime'='PANTOMIME'
'without sounding like' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pantomime that I've seen before include "farce" , "Play performed at Christmas" , "'Cinderella', for example" , "eg 'Mother Goose'" , "Mime on tap in children's show" .)