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Girl from W European country’s chartered accountant (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

francesca

'girl' is the definition.
(woman's name)

'w european country's chartered accountant' is the wordplay.
'w european country's' becomes 'frances' (country of western Europe).
'chartered accountant' becomes 'ca'.
'frances'+'ca'='FRANCESCA'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for francesca that I've seen before include "girl" , "Girl's name (Italian for French)" , "Piero della --, Renaissance painter" , "Paolo's lover (Dante)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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