Neutral woman ruled without government (10)

I believe the answer is:

nonaligned

'neutral' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'woman ruled without government' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'nona' ().
'ruled' becomes 'lined' (I've seen this before).
'without' is an insertion indicator ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'government' becomes 'g' (abbreviation for government).
'lined' enclosing 'g' is 'ligned'.
'nona'+'ligned'='NONALIGNED'

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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