Hairy Scandinavian works for loose women (8)
I believe the answer is:
trollops
'loose women' is the definition.
'trollops' can be an answer for 'women' (trollop is a kind of woman). I am not sure about the 'loose' bit.
'hairy scandinavian works' is the wordplay.
'hairy scandinavian' becomes 'troll' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'works' becomes 'ops' (I've seen this in other clues).
'troll'+'ops'='TROLLOPS'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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