Pretend or make believe (7)

I believe the answer is:

playact

This clue is a double definition.

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

'make believe' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

(Other definitions for playact that I've seen before include "Pretend" , "Have a part" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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