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Look by English ship for titled female (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

duchess

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'titled female' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'look by english ship' is the wordplay.
'look by' becomes 'duch' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'duch'+'e'+'ss'='DUCHESS'

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(Other definitions for duchess that I've seen before include "Great lady" , "Female aristocrat" , "Wife of a duke" , "Titled lady" , "Noblewoman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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