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A woman most men rage about (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

irene

'a woman' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'most men rage about' is the wordplay.
'most' means to remove the first letter.
'rage' becomes 'ire' (I've seen this before).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'men' with its first letter removed is 'en'.
'en' going into 'ire' is 'IRENE'.

(Other definitions for irene that I've seen before include "Greek goddess of peace (English name)" , "Female name" , "Greek godess of peace" , "One can find a girl in Ree" , "Peaceful girl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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