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Double dose of drugs for diva? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heroine

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'diva?' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for heroine that I've seen before include "Brave woman" , "Intrepid woman" , "Lead female character" , "Perhaps Tess" , "Chief female character in a book" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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