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Plain old man embraces maiden (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pampa

'plain' is the definition.
(I know that Pampa is a plain)

'old man embraces maiden' is the wordplay.
'old man' becomes 'papa' (synonyms).
'embraces' is an insertion indicator.
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'papa' going around 'm' is 'PAMPA'.

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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