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Articles about the goddess of wisdom (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

athena

'goddess of wisdom' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'articles about the' is the wordplay.
'articles' becomes 'ana' ('an' and 'a', English indefinite articles).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'ana' placed around 'the' is 'ATHENA'.

(Other definitions for athena that I've seen before include "One-time goddess" , "Greek goddess of wisdom etc." , "wise but fierce goddess" , "Greek goddess of a capital city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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