I acted in variety show (8)

I believe the answer is:

indicate

'show' is the definition.
(I know that show can be written as indicate)

'i acted in variety' is the wordplay.
'variety' indicates anagramming the letters.
'acted'+'in'='actedin'
'actedin' with letters rearranged gives 'ndicate'.
'i'+'ndicate'='INDICATE'

(Other definitions for indicate that I've seen before include "Mark" , "Point out, make known" , "Point, show, signal" , "Point out, suggest" , "Make a signal" .)

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

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