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Monstrous female, noted Liverpudlian you say? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scylla

'monstrous female' is the definition.
(sea monster in Greek myth)

'noted liverpudlian you say?' is the wordplay.
'noted liverpudlian' becomes 'Cilla' (Cilla Black was from Liverpool).
'you say?' shows a homophone (sound like).
'cilla' sounds like 'SCYLLA'.

(Other definitions for scylla that I've seen before include "Mythical rock" , "Rock, across from 21" , "danger to shipping" , "Charybdis counterpart" , "In Greek myth, sea monster who lived in cave opposite whirlpool Charybdis" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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