Like beauty pageant participants, for instance, that woman had put outside (6)

I believe the answer is:

sashed

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'like beauty pageant participants' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'for instance that woman had put outside' is the wordplay.
'for instance' becomes 'as'.
'that woman had' becomes 'shed' (she'd).
'put outside' is an insertion indicator.
'as' inserted into 'shed' is 'SASHED'.

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