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Flight attendant reads out instructions finally after problem (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stewardess

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'flight attendant' is the definition.
(I know that flight attendant is a type of flight attendant)

'reads out instructions finally after problem' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'finally' suggests the final letters.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'problem' becomes 'stew' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The final letter of 'instructions' is 's'.
'reads' is an anagram of 'ardes'.
'ardes'+'s'='ardess'
'ardess' after 'stew' is 'STEWARDESS'.

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(Other definitions for stewardess that I've seen before include "Female flight attendant" , "working woman" , "Aircraft attendant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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