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He cometh in play or cinema production (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iceman

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'he cometh in play' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'cinema production' is the wordplay.
'production' indicates an anagram.
'cinema' is an anagram of 'ICEMAN'.

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(Other definitions for iceman that I've seen before include "He delivers" , "Cold character in cinema" , "'The ------ Cometh', 1939 play by Eugene O'Neill" , "Professional killer - jewel thief - Eugene O'Neill character" , "assassin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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