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Fussed vaguely, satisfied to be welcoming a couple of females (6)

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I believe the answer is:

faffed

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'fussed vaguely' is the definition.
The definition suggests a past participle verb which matches the answer.

'satisfied to be welcoming a couple of females' is the wordplay.
'satisfied' becomes 'fed' (I've seen this in another clue).
'to be welcoming' is an insertion indicator (in sense of 'inviting in').
'couple of females' becomes 'ff' (two abbreviations for female).
'a'+'ff'='aff'
'fed' enclosing 'aff' is 'FAFFED'.

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(Another definition for faffed that I've seen is " Dithered about, achieving nothing".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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