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Female wearing article, very pale (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ashen

'very pale' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'female wearing article' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'she' (I've seen this before**).
'wearing' is an insertion indicator.
'article' becomes 'an' (indefinite article).
'she' inserted within 'an' is 'ASHEN'.

(Other definitions for ashen that I've seen before include "Like bird" , "Pale-faced" , "bleached" , "Livid" , "(Of face) pale with fear" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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