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Centaur's daughter somehow ran off (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

horsewoman

'centaur's daughter' is the definition.
(a centaur is half human, half horse)

'somehow ran off' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates anagramming the letters.
'somehow'+'ran'='somehowran'
'somehowran' with letters rearranged gives 'HORSEWOMAN'.

(Other definitions for horsewoman that I've seen before include "Equestrienne" , "Rider" , "Eventer, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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