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German woman surprisingly has a fur uniform (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hausfrau

'german woman' is the definition.
(term for a German housewife)

'surprisingly has a fur uniform' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' indicates an anagram (a surprising ordering of the letters).
'uniform' becomes 'U' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'has'+'a'+'fur'='hasafur'
'hasafur' with letters rearranged gives 'hausfra'.
'hausfra'+'u'='HAUSFRAU'

(Other definitions for hausfrau that I've seen before include "wife at home" , "A German married woman working in the home" , "(For a German) 'er indoors" , "Bonn homemaker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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