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S&M flipping entertains one of two old ladies (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mothers

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'two old ladies' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'sm flipping entertains one' is the wordplay.
'flipping' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'flips' mean this).
'entertains' is an insertion indicator.
'one' becomes 'other' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'sm' with letters rearranged gives 'ms'.
'ms' placed around 'other' is 'MOTHERS'.

'of' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for mothers that I've seen before include "Fusses over" , "Parents" , "Dams" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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