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Southern fliers ignoring female circling up above (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

supra

'above' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'southern fliers ignoring female circling up' is the wordplay.
'southern' becomes 's' (abbreviation).
'fliers' becomes 'RAF' (Royal Air Force).
'ignoring' is a deletion indicator.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'circling' is an insertion indicator (circling can mean going around or containing).
'raf' with 'f' taken out is 'ra'.
's'+'ra'='sra'
'sra' enclosing 'up' is 'SUPRA'.

(Another definition for supra that I've seen is " Wrt earlier passage".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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