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Female study is close to garage (6)

Ross

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" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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