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Terms EMI arranged for speechless actor (8)

Ross

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mimester

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'speechless actor' is the definition.
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'terms emi arranged' is the wordplay.
'arranged' is an anagram indicator (letters rearranged).
'terms'+'emi'='termsemi'
'termsemi' is an anagram of 'MIMESTER'.

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(Another definition for mimester that I've seen is " One who pretends to sing".)

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