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Part of trapper for mercurial actor (9)

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I believe the answer is:

performer

'actor' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'part of trapper for mercurial' is the wordplay.
'part of' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'PERFORMER' is hidden in the letters of 'trapper for mercurial'.

(Other definitions for performer that I've seen before include "star?" , "Entertainer" , "artist" , "Eg 9 [ACTRESS]" , "clown possibly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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