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Physician with a degree in thespian art (5)

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I believe the answer is:

drama

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'thespian art' is the definition.
'drama' can be an answer for 'art' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'thespian' bit.

'physician with a degree' is the wordplay.
'physician' becomes 'Dr' (synonyms).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'degree' becomes 'ma' (Master of Arts is a type of degree).
'dr'+'a'+'ma'='DRAMA'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for drama that I've seen before include "Exciting play or event" , "Emotional situation" , "theatre studies" , "Literary genre for the theatre" , "Stage play, may be exciting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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