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Name of female in Grammar School? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gladys

'name' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'female in grammar school?' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'lady' (lady is a kind of female).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'grammar school?' becomes 'gs' (abbreviation for grammar school).
'lady' going within 'gs' is 'GLADYS'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for gladys that I've seen before include "- Cooper, Eng. actress" , "Knight maybe" , "- Knight and the Pips (Motown)" , "Female name" , "Lady's name" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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