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Male resists changing fancy woman (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mistress

'fancy woman' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'male resists changing' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'changing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'resists' anagrammed gives 'istress'.
'm'+'istress'='MISTRESS'

(Other definitions for mistress that I've seen before include "Female teacher" , "Bit on the side" , "Female owner of a dog" , "Husband's paramour" , "lover" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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