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She comes out of the wood with a new hat! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thelma

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'she' is the definition.

'out of the wood with a new hat' is the wordplay.
'out of' is an insertion indicator (some letters on the outside of others).
'the wood with' becomes 'elm' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a new' is an anagram indicator.
'hat' is an anagram of 'tha'.
'elm' put into 'tha' is 'THELMA'.

'comes' is the link.

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(Other definitions for thelma that I've seen before include "-- and Louise, 1991 film" , "Girl" , "Louise's friend" , "Woman" , "Louise's partner" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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