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A US lawyer taking care of variety of modern stars (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

andromeda

'stars' is the definition.
(Andromeda is a constellation)

'a us lawyer taking care of variety of modern' is the wordplay.
'us lawyer' becomes 'DA' (abbreviation for District Attorney).
'taking care of' is an insertion indicator.
'variety of' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'da'='ada'
'modern' anagrammed gives 'ndrome'.
'ada' enclosing 'ndrome' is 'ANDROMEDA'.

(Other definitions for andromeda that I've seen before include "Female unfortunately attached to rock" , "Once on the rocks" , "plant" , "Damsel in distress" , "princess barely chained to rock" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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