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Normal mature woman inside (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

average

'normal' is the definition.
('average' can be a synonym of 'normal')

'mature woman inside' is the wordplay.
'mature' becomes 'age' ('age' can be a synonym of 'mature').
'woman' becomes 'vera' (a woman's name**).
'inside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'age' enclosing 'vera' is 'AVERAGE'.

(Other definitions for average that I've seen before include "Arithmetical mean" , "Arithmetically ordinary?" , "Mean - norm" , "Mean - ordinary" , "'Medium, middling (7)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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