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Good-natured female in a myth (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

affable

'good-natured' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'female in a myth' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'myth' becomes 'fable' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'fable'='afable'
'f' inserted into 'afable' is 'AFFABLE'.

(Other definitions for affable that I've seen before include "Good-natured, sociable" , "benign" , "Courteous of pleasantly easy-going" , "Pleasant and friendly in manner" , "Amiable, genial" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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