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Asian female reported boost in third quarter of year (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

filipina

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'third quarter of year' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'asian female reported boost in' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'female' could be 'f' (abbreviation) and 'f' is found in the answer.
'in' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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