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Heading for Spitalfields, one Ripper suspect's an underworld figure (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

proserpine

'an underworld figure' is the definition.
(underworld goddess in Roman mythology)

'heading for spitalfields one ripper suspect's' is the wordplay.
'heading for' says to take the initial letters.
'suspect's' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'suspect' mean this).
The first letter of 'spitalfields' is 's'.
's'+'one'+'ripper'='soneripper'
'soneripper' anagrammed gives 'PROSERPINE'.

(Another definition for proserpine that I've seen is " Goddess".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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