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Doris and Grace going topless (7)

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I believe the answer is:

lessing

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'doris' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'grace going topless' is the wordplay.
'grace' becomes 'blessing' ('blessing' can be a synonym of 'grace').
'going topless' means to remove the first letter.
'blessing' with its first letter removed is 'LESSING'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for lessing that I've seen before include "Doris -, British author" , "Doris - - , novelist" , "source of drama" , "Writer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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