She defeated Anneka? (8)

I believe the answer is:

beatrice

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'she' is the definition.

'defeated anneka?' is the wordplay.
'defeated' becomes 'beat' (I've seen this in another clue).
'anneka?' becomes 'rice' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'beat'+'rice'='BEATRICE'

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(Other definitions for beatrice that I've seen before include "Dante's muse" , "Shakespearean heroine" , "Windsor princess, b. 1988" , "Florentine woman immortalised in Dante's ` `Divine Comedy' '" , "girl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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