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Some woman: Italian girl (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anita

'italian girl' is the definition.
(I know that Anita is a female given name)

'some woman' is the wordplay.
'some' becomes 'a'.
'woman' becomes 'nita' ().
'a'+'nita'='ANITA'

(Other definitions for anita that I've seen before include "-- Brookner, English novelist" , "-- Loos, US writer" , "Female" , "eg Dobson or Roddick" , "girl produced" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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