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She helped Jason to fleece her dad (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

medea

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'she helped jason' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'fleece her dad' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'her' could be 'ede' and 'ede' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ma' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for medea that I've seen before include "Greek sorceress" , "Jason's sorceress" , "Mrs Jason" , "Mythological Greek princess" , "Jason's wife who murdered their children" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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