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Iron Man or Lady? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

female

'lady?' is the definition.
(lady is a kind of female)

'iron man' is the wordplay.
'iron' becomes 'Fe' (Fe is the chemical symbol for iron).
'man' becomes 'male' ().
'fe'+'male'='FEMALE'

'or' is the link.

(Other definitions for female that I've seen before include "That's what she is" , "A gender" , "On the distaff side" , "Woman or girl" , "Able to bear offspring" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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