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Place for boat found by a woman (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bertha

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'woman' is the definition.

'place for boat found by a' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'place' could be 'berth' (synonyms) and 'berth' is located in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for bertha that I've seen before include "Big girl" , "43-ton German howitzer, Big _____" , "Big - - , WW1 gun" , "Big ..., heavy German howitzer in World War 1" , "collar" .)

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