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Portray woman brought to court (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

enact

'portray' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'woman brought to court' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'ena' (woman's name).
'brought to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'court' becomes 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names).
'ena'+'ct'='ENACT'

(Other definitions for enact that I've seen before include "get into law" , "Make intoi law or perform a play" , "Ordain" , "Put on stage or statute book" , "Decree" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Sun.
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