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Female graduate in land of Biblical queen? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sheba

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'biblical queen?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'female graduate' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'she' ('she' refers to a woman).
'graduate' becomes 'ba' (someone with a Bachelor of Arts degree).
'she'+'ba'='SHEBA'

'in land of' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for sheba that I've seen before include "Its queen arrived" , "Solomon was visited by this country's queen" , "Ancient Kingdom of the Sabeans" , "ancient land" , "Solomon's guest" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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