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Born in Paris she is lovely woman (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

belle

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

'born in paris she' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'born' could be 'b' (abbreviation next to the year of someone's birth) and 'b' is located in the answer.
'she' could be 'elle' and 'elle' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for belle that I've seen before include "-- Epoque, before the Great War" , "Beautiful female" , "Beautiful woman - of the ball?" , "Reigning beauty" , "Pretty girl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Sun.
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