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Actresses retain material that does not make lines (6-9)

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crease-resistant

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'does not make lines' is the definition.
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'actresses retain material' is the wordplay.
'material' is an anagram indicator (the letters provide the material for a new word).
'actresses'+'retain'='actressesretain'
'actressesretain' is an anagram of 'CREASE-RESISTANT'.

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