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Divine young woman starts noticing your speed (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nymph

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'divine young woman' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'starts noticing your speed' is the wordplay.
'starts' says to take the initial letters.
'speed' becomes 'mph' (miles per hour).
The initial letters of 'noticing your' is 'ny'.
'ny'+'mph'='NYMPH'

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(Other definitions for nymph that I've seen before include "Demigoddess" , "Young dragonfly" , "eg Dryad" , "Young girl - insect" , "Beautiful young maiden" .)

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