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Scolded actors get aid distributed (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

castigated

'scolded' is the definition.
(castigating is a kind of scolding)

'actors get aid distributed' is the wordplay.
'actors' becomes 'cast' (group of actors).
'distributed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'get'+'aid'='getaid'
'getaid' is an anagram of 'igated'.
'cast'+'igated'='CASTIGATED'

(Other definitions for castigated that I've seen before include "Chastised" , "reprimanded" , "Scolded" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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