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Sign of females losing weight (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

omen

'sign' is the definition.
(I know that omen is a type of sign)

'females losing weight' is the wordplay.
'females' becomes 'women' (woman is a kind of female).
'losing' is a deletion indicator.
'weight' becomes 'w' (short for weight).
'women' with 'w' removed is 'OMEN'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for omen that I've seen before include "Harbinger, augury" , "Forecast" , "Sign of something about to happen" , "Warning - sign" , "Prophetic significance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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