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New way to carve ham (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overact

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'ham' is the definition.
(ham can mean to overact)

'new way to carve' is the wordplay.
'to carve' can be anagrammed to 'OVERACT'.
However, I am not clear how the anagram is indicated.

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(Other definitions for overact that I've seen before include "Be unsubtle on stage" , "Cartoon twenty four across" , "Play role exaggeratedly" , "Exaggeratedly perform a role" , "behave exaggeratedly" .)

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