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An eagle injured and without a tail, female (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

angela

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'tail female' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'an eagle injured and without a' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'an' could be 'a' and 'a' is located in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found within the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'gel' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for angela that I've seen before include "Girl's name" , "- Gheorghiu, Romanian soprano" , "------ Gheorghiu, diva" , "girl" , "Frau Merkel" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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