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Heard Lady in Red and felt great joy? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rejoiced

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'felt great joy?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'heard lady in red' is the wordplay.
'heard lady' becomes 'joice' (I am not sure about the 'heard' bit.**).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'joice' put into 'red' is 'REJOICED'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rejoiced that I've seen before include "Felt great elation" , "Felt great joy" , "Was pleased" , "Exulted, made merry" , "Was glad" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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