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A female of high note (7)

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I believe the answer is:

soprano

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'a female of high' is the definition.
'soprano' can be an answer for 'high' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'a female of' bit.

'note' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'note' could be 'so' (musical note) and 'so' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for soprano that I've seen before include "Producer of high-pitched sounds" , "(Singer of) the highest vocal range" , "Woman singing" , "gangster" , "Highly vocal musician" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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