Relaxing as an actor (7)
I believe the answer is:
resting
'relaxing' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'as an actor' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'as' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for resting that I've seen before include "(Of actor) not working" , "Lying down" , "Actor while out of work" , "(Of actors) currently unemployed" , "not in a cast" .)