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Man woman married and separated from daughter in Skye? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hebridean

'in skye?' is the definition.
(Skye is one of the Hebrides)

'man woman married and separated from daughter' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'he'.
'woman married' becomes 'bride'.
'separated from' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'and' with 'd' removed is 'an'.
'he'+'bride'+'an'='HEBRIDEAN'

(Other definitions for hebridean that I've seen before include "Relating to islands off northwest Scotland" , "on offshore island" , "from Scottish island" , "Scot!" , "from the Western Isles" .)

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