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Maybe one has gasped about such a lady! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

painted

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'maybe one' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'gasped about such a lady' is the wordplay.
'gasped about' becomes 'pain' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'such a lady' becomes 'ted'.
'pain'+'ted'='PAINTED'

'has' is the link.

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(Other definitions for painted that I've seen before include "Pan diet (anag) - put on canvas" , "Decorated" , "made up" , "Coated with colour" , "described" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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