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Popular woman with feline seen before English show (8)

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I believe the answer is:

indicate

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'show' is the definition.
(I know that show is a kind of indicate)

'popular woman with feline seen before english' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean trendy).
'woman' becomes 'Di' (short for Diana).
'with feline' becomes 'cat' (cat is a kind of feline. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'seen before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'in'+'di'+'cat'+'e'='INDICATE'

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(Other definitions for indicate that I've seen before include "(Give a) signal" , "Mark" , "Point, show, signal" , "Point out, make known" , "Point out or give some notion of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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