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Olympian goddess in seven-gated city without walls? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hebe

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'olympian goddess' is the definition.
'Hebe' can be an answer for 'goddess' (Greek goddess). I am not certain of the 'olympian' bit.

'in seven-gated city without walls?' is the wordplay.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'seven-gated' becomes 'hee' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'city' becomes 'urban' (urban means relating to a city).
'without walls?' means to look at the middle letters (the letters on the edges are removed).
The centre of 'urban' is 'b'.
'hee' enclosing 'b' is 'HEBE'.

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(Other definitions for hebe that I've seen before include "Greek goddess of youth, wife of Hercules" , "Daughter of Zeus and Hera" , "Cup-bearer of the gods and NZ plant" , "Youth personified" , "Cup-bearer of the gods and flowering shrub" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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