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Farming staff, pros, shocked unduly about that woman (9,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shepherd's crook

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'farming' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'staff pros shocked unduly about that woman' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'staff' could be 'crook' (crook is a kind of staff) and 'crook' is found in the answer.
'woman' could be 'she' and 'she' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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