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Joined female taken advantage of (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fused

'joined' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'female taken advantage of' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'taken advantage of' becomes 'used' (I've seen this before).
'f'+'used'='FUSED'

(Other definitions for fused that I've seen before include "Melted together" , "Combined" , "Coalesced" , "United" , "in one piece" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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