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Playing Lydia, Glenda is a star (7,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leading lady

'is a star' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'playing lydia glenda' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates an anagram.
'lydia'+'glenda'='lydiaglenda'
'lydiaglenda' is an anagram of 'LEADING LADY'.

(Other definitions for leading lady that I've seen before include "Heroine - gaily landed (anag)" , "a star" , "Female playing main part in play" , "Film" , "Female top of the bill" .)

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