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Out, local female in hat (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

published

'out' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'local female in hat' is the wordplay.
'local' becomes 'pub' (one's local pub).
'female' becomes 'she' ('she' refers to a woman).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'hat' becomes 'lid' (lid can informally mean a hat).
'she' inserted inside 'lid' is 'lished'.
'pub'+'lished'='PUBLISHED'

(Other definitions for published that I've seen before include "Issued" , "Out for all to see" , "available to readers?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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