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Man joined by a woman (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

erica

'woman' is the definition.

'man joined by a' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'eric' (I've seen this before).
'joined by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'eric'+'a'='ERICA'

(Other definitions for erica that I've seen before include "Heather's Latin name?" , "Shrubs" , "Plant of the heath genus" , "Moorland plant, girl's name" , "Plant genus of garden heather" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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