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Twice she tells you she's coming back (4)

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I believe the answer is:

mimi

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'tells you she's coming back' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'twice she' is the wordplay.
'twice' indicates the doubling of some letters.
'she' becomes 'mi' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'mi' doubled is 'MIMI'.

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(Other definitions for mimi that I've seen before include "Starving character of "La Boheme"" , "showgirl" , "La Boheme character (whose tiny hand is frozen)" , "I'm upset twice by the operatic girl" , "I'm, I'm mad about the heroine in 'La Boheme'" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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