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She has the Man in the Moon's darkish features (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maria

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'she' is the definition.

'the man in the moon's darkish features' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'man' could be 'mar' and 'mar' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'has' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for maria that I've seen before include "Heroine of West Side Story" , "Ms Callas, soprano" , "West Side Story girl" , "Lunar plains; girl's name" , "Plains on the moon; girl's name" .)

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