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Complained about English woman being enthralled (9)

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I believe the answer is:

bewitched

'being enthralled' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'complained about english woman' is the wordplay.
'complained' becomes 'bitched' (bitching is a kind of complaining).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'woman' becomes 'W' (abbreviation eg in Woman Police Constable).
'e'+'w'='ew'
'bitched' going around 'ew' is 'BEWITCHED'.

(Other definitions for bewitched that I've seen before include "Charmed" , "Fascinated" , "seduced?" , "Under a spell" , "'''..., Bothered and Bewildered'' (Ella Fitzgerald song) (9)'" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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