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Nine acts rewritten, for example (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

instance

'example' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'nine acts rewritten' is the wordplay.
'rewritten' indicates anagramming the letters.
'nine'+'acts'='nineacts'
'nineacts' anagrammed gives 'INSTANCE'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for instance that I've seen before include "An insect (anag.)" , "Case - isn't acne (anag)" , "Example or single occurrence of something" , "Particular example" , "A case or example of something" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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