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Maids start becoming playwrights (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dramatists

'playwrights' is the definition.
('dramatist' can be a synonym of 'playwright')

'maids start becoming' is the wordplay.
'becoming' is an anagram indicator.
'maids'+'start'='maidsstart'
'maidsstart' anagrammed gives 'DRAMATISTS'.

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