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She's desperately sought in a Madonna movie (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

susan

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'she's' is the definition.

'desperately sought in a madonna movie' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sus' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for susan that I've seen before include "Girl's name; lazy -" , "Girl (sometimes lazy?)" , "Black-eyed -; lazy -" , "female" , "with blooming black eye?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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