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Contrary Argentinian woman at sheltered bay stirs up strong feelings (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evocative

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'feelings' is the definition.
(I have seen 'stirring feelings' mean 'evocative' so perhaps 'feelings' could also mean 'evocative')

'contrary argentinian woman at sheltered bay' is the wordplay.
'contrary' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'argentinian woman' becomes 'evita' (I am not sure about the 'argentinian' bit.).
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'sheltered bay' becomes 'cove' (I've seen this in another clue).
'evita'+'cove'='evitacove'
'evitacove' in reverse letter order is 'EVOCATIVE'.

'stirs up strong' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for evocative that I've seen before include "Thought-provoking" , "Reminiscent, resonant" , "Conjuring up strong images/memories" , "Tending to call up, say memories" , "Calling up strong images" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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