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Female and male who survived the Flood (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shem

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'survived the flood' is the definition.
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'female and male' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'she' ('she' refers to a woman).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'she'+'m'='SHEM'

'who' is the link.

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(Other definitions for shem that I've seen before include "Biblical character" , "Eldest of Noah's three sons" , "One of Noah's sons" , "Noah's son caught in mess" , "Third son of Noah" .)

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