Female — one leaving an Egyptian city (9)

I believe the answer is:

alexandra

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'female one' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'leaving an egyptian city' is the wordplay.
'leaving' suggests deleting specific letters.
'an' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral for one).
'egyptian city' becomes 'alexandria' (I've seen this before).
'alexandria' with 'i' removed is 'ALEXANDRA'.

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(Other definitions for alexandra that I've seen before include "Mediterranean port" , "A queen consort" , "Wife of Nicholas II of Russia" , "See 9" , "Queen of Edward VII" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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