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Perform lines one's produced for play? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doll

'one's produced for play?' is the definition.
(a doll might be used for play by children)

'perform lines' is the wordplay.
'perform' becomes 'do' ('do' can be a synonym of 'perform').
'lines' becomes 'll' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'do'+'ll'='DOLL'

(Other definitions for doll that I've seen before include "Toy baby" , "Puppet" , "Play figure" , "Child's toy figure" , "Child's plaything" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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