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Moody Maureen meets another woman (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

morose

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'moody' is the definition.
(I know that moody can be written as morose)

'maureen meets another woman' is the wordplay.
'maureen' becomes 'Mo' (short for Maureen).
'meets' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'another woman' becomes 'rose' (I am not sure about the 'another' bit.).
'mo'+'rose'='MOROSE'

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(Other definitions for morose that I've seen before include "dark" , "blue" , "Melancholy" , "Sullen and brooding" , "Surly and unforthcoming" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sun.
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