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Fit female wearing a wonderful flip-flop in America (5-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

about-face

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'flip-flop in america' is the definition.
'about face' can be an answer for 'flip-flop' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'in america' bit.

'fit female wearing a wonderful' is the wordplay.
'fit' becomes 'bout' (I've seen this before).
'female' becomes 'f' (common abbreviation).
'wearing' is an insertion indicator.
'wonderful' becomes 'ace' (ace can informally mean very good).
'bout'+'f'='boutf'
'a'+'ace'='aace'
'boutf' placed inside 'aace' is 'ABOUT-FACE'.

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(Another definition for about-face that I've seen is " Complete change of opinion or attitude".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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