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Woman likely to have the most lines of smack, I'm told (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heroine

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'woman' is the definition.
(I know that heroine is a type of woman)

'smack i'm told' is the wordplay.
'smack' becomes 'heroin' (synonyms).
'i'm told' shows a homophone (sound like).
'heroin' sounds like 'HEROINE'.

'likely to have the most lines of' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for heroine that I've seen before include "Leading lady" , "Woman of outstanding courage" , "Eg, Emma, Jane Eyre" , "Brave woman" , "Emma, for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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