Crossword Genius

Exhausted actors in exile (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outcast

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

'exhausted actors' is the wordplay.
'exhausted' becomes 'out' (I've seen this in other clues).
'actors' becomes 'cast' (group of actors).
'out'+'cast'='OUTCAST'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for outcast that I've seen before include "He has been evicted from society" , "Rejected individual" , "Exile" , "One is excluded from society" , "untouchable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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