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Act new roles as "Lola" (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dolores

'lola' is the definition.
(I know that lola given name Dolores)

'act new roles' is the wordplay.
'act' becomes 'do' (to do is to act or execute a task).
'new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'roles' with letters rearranged gives 'lores'.
'do'+'lores'='DOLORES'

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dolores that I've seen before include "Female" , "Old sore about girl" , "Lady" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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