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Naughty or nice? Virginia on the outside's a different woman (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

veronica

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'a different woman' is the definition.
'Veronica' can be an answer for 'woman'. I am not sure about the 'a different' bit.

'naughty or nice? virginia on the outside's' is the wordplay.
'naughty' indicates an anagram.
'virginia' becomes 'va' (US state abbreviation).
'on the outside's' is an insertion indicator.
'or'+'nice'='ornice'
'ornice' anagrammed gives 'eronic'.
'eronic' going within 'va' is 'VERONICA'.

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(Other definitions for veronica that I've seen before include "Blue / purple flowering plant" , "Blue-flowered plant in a cover, oddly" , "Plant of the foxglove family in a cover, oddly" , "Girl's name; herbaceous plant" , "There's a strange vain core to this plant?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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