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City welcoming hot Dutch woman (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

linda

'woman' is the definition.
(woman's name)

'city welcoming hot dutch' is the wordplay.
'city' becomes 'LA' (Los Angeles).
'welcoming' means one lot of letters goes inside another (in sense of 'inviting in').
'hot' becomes 'in' (both can mean fashionable).
'dutch' becomes 'd' (common abbreviation).
'in'+'d'='ind'
'la' placed around 'ind' is 'LINDA'.

(Other definitions for linda that I've seen before include "- Ronstadt, US singer" , "girl" , "23 [LOVELACE]" , "Girl's name (I, not Y)" , "-- Gray, 'Dallas' star" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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