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Female a distance away is enthralled (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fascinated

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'enthralled' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'female a distance away' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'fa' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'away' indicates an anagram.
'distance' with letters rearranged gives 'scinated'.
'fa'+'scinated'='FASCINATED'

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for fascinated that I've seen before include "spellbound" , "Irresistably attracted" , "Captivated" , "Irresistibly interested" , "captured" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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