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Steps taken to raise acts? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

staircase

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

'taken to raise acts?' is the wordplay.
'raise acts' anagrams to 'STAIRCASE'.
However, I am not sure how the anagram is indicated.

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(Other definitions for staircase that I've seen before include "Way between floors" , "Flight of steps" , "A group of linked canal locks" , "Means of moving from one floor to another" , "Group of joined locks on a canal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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