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Dead Roman exchanged for wife of Perseus (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

andromeda

'wife of perseus' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'dead roman exchanged' is the wordplay.
'exchanged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'dead'+'roman'='deadroman'
'deadroman' with letters rearranged gives 'ANDROMEDA'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for andromeda that I've seen before include "Pattern of stars" , "Once on the rocks" , "Damsel in distress" , "Ethiopian princess" , "Object in 21 [SPACE]" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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