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Lord gets a treatment from experienced performer (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

old stager

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'experienced performer' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'lord gets a treatment' is the wordplay.
'treatment' indicates an anagram (letters treated or processed differently).
'lord'+'gets'+'a'='lordgetsa'
'lordgetsa' with letters rearranged gives 'OLD STAGER'.

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for old stager that I've seen before include "veteran" , "expert" , "senior citizen" , "One who's experienced a lot" .)

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