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Sign to get round a bad-tempered woman (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

virago

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'a bad-tempered woman' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'sign to get round' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'sign' could be 'v' (a V-sign a gesture made with two fingers) and 'v' is present in the answer.
'get' could be 'go' (synonyms) and 'go' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ira' 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 virago that I've seen before include "Termagant" , "Strong and aggressive woman" , "Shrew, harpy" , "Scold" , "A tough abusive woman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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