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Let care be arranged for tragic female (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

electra

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'tragic female' is the definition.
'electra' can be an answer for 'female' (I have seen 'Complex female' mean 'electra' so perhaps 'female' could also mean 'electra'). I'm not sure about the 'tragic' bit.

'let care be arranged' is the wordplay.
'be arranged' indicates an anagram (letters rearranged).
'let'+'care'='letcare'
'letcare' is an anagram of 'ELECTRA'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for electra that I've seen before include "heroine of Greece" , "Sister of Orestes" , "Complex female" , "vengeful daughter" , "Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra (who has a complex?)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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