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Frowned when a beastly female entered the vehicle (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scowled

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'frowned' is the definition.
(scowling is a kind of frowning)

'a beastly female entered the vehicle' is the wordplay.
'a beastly female' becomes 'cow' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'beastly' bit.).
'entered' is an insertion indicator.
'the vehicle' becomes 'sled' (sled is a kind of vehicle).
'cow' going within 'sled' is 'SCOWLED'.

'when' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for scowled that I've seen before include "Pulled a face" , "Looked gloomy" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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