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Season in which female is ahead of everybody (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fall

'season' is the definition.
(fall is a kind of season)

'female is ahead of everybody' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'is ahead of' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'everybody' becomes 'all' (I've seen this before).
'f'+'all'='FALL'

'in which' is the link.

(Other definitions for fall that I've seen before include "Collapse; decline" , "Quarrel" , "Stumble" , "once a year for this" , "Cascade of water" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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