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Staid animator reviewed stage version (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dramatisation

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'stage version' is the definition.
'dramatisation' can be an answer for 'version' (I have seen 'version of story' mean 'dramatisation' so perhaps 'version' could also mean 'dramatisation'). I am not sure about the 'stage' bit.

'staid animator reviewed' is the wordplay.
'reviewed' indicates an anagram (letters reviewed or revised).
'staid'+'animator'='staidanimator'
'staidanimator' with letters rearranged gives 'DRAMATISATION'.

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(Other definitions for dramatisation that I've seen before include "version of story" , "one taken from a novel?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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