Female study is close to garage (6)
I believe the answer is:
denise
'female' is the definition.
(woman's name)
'study is close to garage' is the wordplay.
'study' becomes 'den' (term for a study or office).
'close to' indicates one should take the final letters (the 'close' to the word).
The final letter of 'garage' is 'e'.
'den'+'is'+'e'='DENISE'
(Other definitions for denise that I've seen before include "- - Lewis, pentathlete" , "Miss Van Outen" .)