Drama's over, sweetie (3)

I believe the answer is:

hon

'sweetie' is the definition.
(short for honey)

'drama's over' is the wordplay.
'drama' becomes 'noh' (Noh or No is a Japanese masked drama).
'over' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'noh' written backwards gives 'HON'.

(Another definition for hon that I've seen is " Honourable (abbrev.)".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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