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Do give up, with lady getting round forester (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

woodman

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'round forester' is the definition.
'woodman' can be an answer for 'forester' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the 'round' bit.

'do give up with lady getting' is the wordplay.
'give up' says the letters should be written in reverse (I've seen 'giving up' mean this).
'with' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'lady' becomes 'oman' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'getting' indicates putting letters inside.
'do' backwards is 'od'.
'w'+'oman'='woman'
'od' put inside 'woman' is 'WOODMAN'.

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(Other definitions for woodman that I've seen before include "Forester" , "feller" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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