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Perform a sort of scan (3)

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I believe the answer is:

act

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'perform' is the definition.
(acting is a kind of performing)

'a sort of scan' is the wordplay.
'sort of scan' becomes 'ct' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a'+'ct'='ACT'

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(Other definitions for act that I've seen before include "Bill successfully prosecuted" , "Exploit" , "Feign" , "turn" , "Assumed attitude" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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