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Role one’s playing in “The Card” (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

character

I believe this clue is a quadruple definition!!

'role' is the first definition.
(I know that role can be written as character)

'one's' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

'playing' is the third definition.
(character is a kind of playing)

'in the' is a link.

'card' is the fourth definition.
(I've seen this before)

(Other definitions for character that I've seen before include "constitution" , "Nonconformist" , "Make-up" , "Part" , "Someone in play" .)

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