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Something explosive about a woman occupant (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tenant

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'occupant' is the definition.
(I know that tenant is a type of occupant)

'something explosive about a woman' is the wordplay.
'something explosive' becomes 'tnt' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a woman' becomes 'ena' (woman's name).
'tnt' going around 'ena' is 'TENANT'.

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(Other definitions for tenant that I've seen before include "Occupier but not owner" , "Lodger" , "One renting property" , "One occupying rented property" , "he or she rents" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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