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Beautiful female, wife with one good hairpiece (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

periwig

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'hairpiece' is the definition.
(periwig is a kind of hairpiece)

'beautiful female wife with one good' is the wordplay.
'beautiful female' becomes 'peri' (peri is a kind of female. I am not sure about the 'beautiful' bit.**).
'wife' becomes 'w'.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'peri'+'w'+'i'+'g'='PERIWIG'

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(Other definitions for periwig that I've seen before include "topping" , "Old kind of toupee" , "Locks" , "judicial cover" , "Peruke" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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