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Gather the woman's hellish (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nether

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'hellish' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'gather the woman's' is the wordplay.
'gather' becomes 'net' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'the woman' becomes 'her' (her refers to a woman).
'net'+'her'='NETHER'

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(Other definitions for nether that I've seen before include "These regions are beneath" , "Lower, like regions or garments" , "Subordinate" , "Lower; Dutch '-lands'" , "These regions are hell, the underworld" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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