Red-haired lady removing contents carefully (8)
I believe the answer is:
gingerly
'carefully' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'red-haired lady' is the wordplay.
'red' becomes 'ginger'.
'haired lady' becomes 'ly' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ginger'+'ly'='GINGERLY'
'removing contents' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gingerly that I've seen before include "(Approach) in a cautious manner" , "With soft steps" , "Showing caution" , "With extreme care and delicacy" , "Cautiously (as if in pain?)" .)