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Man boxing woman gets beaten (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tanned

'beaten' is the definition.
(to tan is to beat as a punishment)

'man boxing woman' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'ted' (Ted is a man's name).
'boxing' means one lot of letters goes inside another ('box' can mean contain, as in to put in a box).
'woman' becomes 'ann' (woman's name).
'ted' going around 'ann' is 'TANNED'.

'gets' is the link.

(Other definitions for tanned that I've seen before include "Brown from sunbathing" , "Converted hide into leather, looking brown" , "Brown from exposure to the sun" , "Made brown by sun" , "Bronzed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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