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Source arranged drugs for part of newspaper article (8)

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I believe the answer is:

headline

'part of newspaper article' is the definition.
(top line of an article)

'source arranged drugs' is the wordplay.
'source' becomes 'head' (head is a kind of source).
'arranged drugs' becomes 'line' (line of cocaine arranged to be snorted).
'head'+'line'='HEADLINE'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for headline that I've seen before include "Writing above newspaper article" , "streamer, perhaps" , "Caption on a newspaper article" , "Newspaper title" , "Article title" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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