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Female, heading off for Arabian sultanate (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oman

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

'female heading off' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'woman' (woman is a kind of female).
'heading off' means to remove the first letter.
'woman' with its initial letter taken away is 'OMAN'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for oman that I've seen before include "Sultanate on the south-east coast of the Arabian Peninsula" , "Arabian country, capital Muscat" , "Sultanate in southwest Asia" , "Arab country" , "Land" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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