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Name of woman the Devil upended with triumphant expression (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

natasha

'name of woman' is the definition.

'devil upended with triumphant expression' is the wordplay.
'devil' becomes 'Satan' (synonyms).
'upended' says the letters should be written in reverse (in a down clue, letters go up).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'triumphant expression' becomes 'ha' (you might shout 'ha!' in triumph).
'satan' backwards is 'natas'.
'natas'+'ha'='NATASHA'

'the' is the link.

(Other definitions for natasha that I've seen before include "Russian girl's name" , "Tolstoy heroine" , "Woman" , "girl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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