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Informs ER actors about all directions (10)

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I believe the answer is:

newscaster

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'informs er' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'actors about all directions' is the wordplay.
'actors' becomes 'caster' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' says to put letters next to each other.
'all directions' becomes 'news' (compass directions).
'caster' put after 'news' is 'NEWSCASTER'.

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(Other definitions for newscaster that I've seen before include "TV presenter" , "Baker, perhaps" , "TV regular" , "who reads the headlines?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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