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Supporting English actors, making prediction (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forecast

'prediction' is the definition.
(forecast is a kind of prediction)

'supporting english actors' is the wordplay.
'supporting' becomes 'for'.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'actors' becomes 'cast' (I've seen this before).
'for'+'e'+'cast'='FORECAST'

'making' is the link.

(Other definitions for forecast that I've seen before include "tip" , "Divine" , "Prophecy" , "Expect" , "Prediction, about the weather perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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