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Injured woman in a government network (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aggrieved

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'injured woman in a government network' is the definition.
'aggrieved' can be an answer for 'injured' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'woman in a government network' bit.

'injured woman in a government network' is the wordplay.
'injured woman' becomes 'eve' (Eve is an example. I am not sure about the 'injured' bit.).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'government' becomes 'g' (abbreviation for government).
'network' becomes 'grid' (grid is a kind of network).
'a'+'g'+'grid'='aggrid'
'eve' inserted inside 'aggrid' is 'AGGRIEVED'.

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(Other definitions for aggrieved that I've seen before include "Resentful, distressed" , "Miffed" , "Hurt" , "Made resentful by unfair treatment" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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