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Pure heroin snorted by actors with MDMA (6)

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I believe the answer is:

chaste

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'pure' is the definition.
('chaste' can be similar in meaning to 'pure')

'heroin snorted by actors with mdma' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'heroin' could be 'h' ('H' can be a synonym of 'heroin') and 'h' is located in the answer.
'actors' could be 'cast' (I've seen this before) and 'cast' is located in the leftover letters.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for chaste that I've seen before include "Morally pure" , "Decorous" , "avoiding relations" , "Pure and inviolate" , "Untarnished" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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