Performances from hotshots taking time for sweetheart (4)

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acts

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'performances' is the definition.
(act is a kind of performance)

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(Other definitions for acts that I've seen before include "individual performers in a show" , "Religious book" , "Behaves like thespian" , "New Testament book immediately following the Gospels" , "Legal documents" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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