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Staged revolutionary Hamlet, say, and suchlike inside (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

enacted

'staged' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'revolutionary hamlet say and suchlike inside' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (letters revolve around).
'hamlet say' becomes 'dane' (Shakespeare's Hamlet is Danish).
'and suchlike' becomes 'etc' (et cetera).
'inside' is an insertion indicator.
'dane' going around 'etc' is 'detcane'.
'detcane' back-to-front is 'ENACTED'.

(Other definitions for enacted that I've seen before include "A decent (anag.)" , "Put into practice" , "Performed as in a play, or passed into law" , "Ordained" , "Made a bill into law" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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