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I can act it out, being one who plans the moves (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tactician

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'one who plans the moves' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'i can act it out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'i'+'can'+'act'+'it'='icanactit'
'icanactit' is an anagram of 'TACTICIAN'.

'being' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tactician that I've seen before include "One planning" , "Someone skilled in manoeuvres" , "director of operations" , "Skilful mover" , "Skilled planner" .)

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