Female without experience strangely genuine (7)

I believe the answer is:

ingenue

'female without experience' is the definition.

'strangely genuine' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates an anagram.
'genuine' anagrammed gives 'INGENUE'.

(Other definitions for ingenue that I've seen before include "Starlet" , "She's artless" , "Naive young actress" , "Inexperienced young woman" , "Naive female" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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