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Potentially ideal woman (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

delia

'woman' is the definition.

'potentially ideal' is the wordplay.
'potentially' indicates an anagram (letters have the potential to spell a new word).
'ideal' with letters rearranged gives 'DELIA'.

(Other definitions for delia that I've seen before include "Girl" , "-- Smith, TV cook" , "Woman" , "Sonnets to - (Daniel)" , "-- Smith, cookery writer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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