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Knowledge drawing in female brought to a hellish place (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gehenna

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'hellish place' is the definition.
'gehenna' can be an answer for 'place' (I have seen 'place of sacrifice' mean 'gehenna' so perhaps 'place' could also mean 'gehenna'). I am unsure of the 'hellish' bit.

'knowledge drawing in female brought to a' is the wordplay.
'knowledge' becomes 'gen' (I've seen this before).
'drawing in' is an insertion indicator (draw in can mean to contain or trap).
'female' becomes 'hen' (female chicken).
'brought to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'gen' enclosing 'hen' is 'gehenn'.
'gehenn'+'a'='GEHENNA'

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(Other definitions for gehenna that I've seen before include "Judaism's Hell" , "A place of torment" , "place of punishment" , "place of sacrifice" , "hellish situation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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