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Merciless type of woman from Takeaway (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ruthless

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'merciless' is the definition.
('ruthless' can be similar in meaning to 'merciless')

'type of woman from takeaway' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'woman' could be 'ruth' and 'ruth' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'less' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for ruthless that I've seen before include "hard" , "Showing no mercy" , "Hard-hearted" , "devoid of compassion" , "Having no mercy like hustlers" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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