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Joely Richardson's expressing emotions (5)

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I believe the answer is:

lyric

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'expressing emotions' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'joely richardson's' is the wordplay.
'LYRIC' is hidden in amongst the letters.
However, I'm not sure how the hidden word is indicated.

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(Other definitions for lyric that I've seen before include "Expressing personal feelings" , "Melodic" , "Short poem of songlike quality" , "One barred from native country" , "in musical" .)

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