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Facing change see female wobble (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

falter

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'female wobble' is the definition.
'falter' can be an answer for 'wobble' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'female' bit.

'facing change' is the wordplay.
'facing' becomes 'f' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'change' becomes 'alter' (altering is a kind of changing).
'f'+'alter'='FALTER'

'see' is the link.

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(Other definitions for falter that I've seen before include "flag" , "Hesitate, vacillate" , "Be hesitant" , "Stumble, hesitate" , "Lose momentum" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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