Female factotum (4,2,3,4)
I believe the answer is:
maid of all work
'factotum' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'female' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'female' could be 'maid' (maid is a kind of female) and 'maid' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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