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She goes from South America to the north (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

susan

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'she' is the definition.

'south america to the north' is the wordplay.
'south' becomes 'S' (synonyms).
'america' becomes 'usa' (synonyms).
'to the north' becomes 'N' ('N' can be a synonym of 'north').
's'+'usa'+'n'='SUSAN'

'goes from' 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.

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(Other definitions for susan that I've seen before include "Girl (sometimes lazy?)" , "- - Sarandon, film actress" , "- - Sarandon (films)" , "Black-eyed -; lazy -" , "-- Howatch, novelist" .)

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