Giving tips for actors using gestures to communicate (9)

I believe the answer is:

assigning

'giving' is the definition.
(assign can mean to allocate or give)

'tips for actors using gestures to communicate' is the wordplay.
'tips for' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (only the tips of the word remain).
'using gestures to communicate' becomes 'signing' (using sign language).
'actors' with its centre taken out is 'as'.
'as'+'signing'='ASSIGNING'

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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