A tale about female showing warmth and kindness (7)

I believe the answer is:

affable

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'warmth and kindness' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'a tale about female' is the wordplay.
'tale' becomes 'fable' (I've seen this in another clue).
'about' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'female' becomes 'f' (common abbreviation).
'fable' put after 'f' is 'ffable'.
'a'+'ffable'='AFFABLE'

'showing' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for affable that I've seen before include "Good-humoured, friendly" , "Amiable, genial" , "Easy to talk to" , "Cordial, friendly" , "Kind and friendly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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