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Old girl in a woolly-headed state (5)

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I believe the answer is:

woman

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'old girl' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'a woolly-headed state' is the wordplay.
'a woolly-headed' becomes 'w' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'state' becomes 'oman' (Oman is an example).
'w'+'oman'='WOMAN'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for woman that I've seen before include "See 16" , "Mature female" , "With 1a [OLD], one's rather timid" , "Lady" , "Adult female" .)

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