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Graduate has rewritten manual (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alumna

'graduate' is the definition.
(term for a female graduate)

'rewritten manual' is the wordplay.
'rewritten' indicates an anagram.
'manual' with letters rearranged gives 'ALUMNA'.

'has' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for alumna that I've seen before include "Female former pupil" , "Harvard graduate" , "Manual (anag) - old girl" , "Female graduate" , "She studied" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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