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Accepted women are enlightened (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aware

'enlightened' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'accepted women are' is the wordplay.
'accepted' becomes 'a' (financial abbreviation).
'women' becomes 'w' (standard abbreviation).
'a'+'w'+'are'='AWARE'

(Other definitions for aware that I've seen before include "well informed" , "Having knowledge of, informed" , "Conscious or having knowledge of" , "Attentive" , "Having knowledge (of fact)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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