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Inspirational woman in gym with unnamed doctor (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

euterpe

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'inspirational woman' is the definition.
(one of the inspirational muses of Greek myth)

'gym with unnamed doctor' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'gym' could be 'pe' (Physical Education) and 'pe' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for euterpe that I've seen before include "Muse of lyric poetry and music" , "Inspiration for writer" , "inspiring female" , "Inspiring goddess" , "One of the Muses" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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