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Crazy about the female and reduced to pulp (6)

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I believe the answer is:

mashed

'reduced to pulp' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'crazy about the female' is the wordplay.
'crazy' becomes 'mad' ('mad' can be a synonym of 'crazy').
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'the female' becomes 'she' (I've seen this before).
'mad' enclosing 'she' is 'MASHED'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for mashed that I've seen before include "Reduced to pulp" , "Pulped or crushed as potatoes may be" , "Pounded to small pieces" , "Crushed to small pieces" , "Crushed to a pulp" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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