Professional joker (8)

I believe the answer is:

comedian

(Other definitions for comedian that I've seen before include "Hope, perhaps" , "Demoniac sort of funny man" , "scream?" , "wit" , "Humorous entertainer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.

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