The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word DESDEMONA
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More clues leading to the result DESDEMONA
- So ended a broadcast about married heroine in play
- Murdered wife of Parisian: malevolent figure engaged in it
- Some French fiend confronts a Shakespearean victim
- Some French fiend and a tragic heroine
- Wife who was murdered
- Damage to dame’s done — this dame?
- Dame’s done playing role in Othello
- Dramatic role dame’s done badly
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