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Without a care, princess took initial kudos (6)

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I believe the answer is:

credit

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'initial kudos' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'without a care princess took' is the wordplay.
'without' suggests deleting specific letters.
'princess' becomes 'di' (Princess Diana).
'took' becomes 't' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'care' with 'a' taken away is 'cre'.
'cre'+'di'+'t'='CREDIT'

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(Other definitions for credit that I've seen before include "Acknowledgement of a contributor" , "Ascribe" , "'Give ...... where ...... is due'" , "acknowledgement of liability" , "result of points on course" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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