A wanted woman (7)

I believe the answer is:

desiree

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'a wanted woman' is the definition.
'Desiree' can be an answer for 'woman'. I'm unsure of the 'a wanted' bit.

'a wanted woman' is the wordplay.
'a wanted' becomes 'desi' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'woman' becomes 'Ree'.
'desi'+'ree'='DESIREE'

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(Another definition for desiree that I've seen is " Girl".)

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