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Seize woman not fully identified (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

annex

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'seize' is the definition.
(I know that annex is a kind of seize)

'woman not fully identified' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'Anne' (woman's name).
'not fully' means to remove the last letter.
'identified' becomes 'ex' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'anne' with its final letter taken away is 'ann'.
'ann'+'ex'='ANNEX'

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(Other definitions for annex that I've seen before include "Appropriate" , "Grab" , "Join - add" , "Attach, invade" , "Extension to a main building" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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