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Pa miscounted and played joker (5-2,8)

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I believe the answer is:

stand up comedian

'joker' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'pa miscounted and played' is the wordplay.
'played' indicates anagramming the letters.
'pa'+'miscounted'+'and'='pamiscountedand'
'pamiscountedand' with letters rearranged gives 'STAND UP COMEDIAN'.

(Other definitions for stand up comedian that I've seen before include "joke teller" , "joker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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