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Star full of power, or police officer without staff (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

superwoman

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'star full of power' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'police officer without staff' is the wordplay.
'police officer' becomes 'super' (term for a senior police officer).
'without' becomes 'wo' (abbreviation of 'without', normally with a slash).
'staff' becomes 'man' (as in staffing or manning a particular place).
'super'+'wo'+'man'='SUPERWOMAN'

'or' is the link.

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(Other definitions for superwoman that I've seen before include "Female with a full-time job who also runs the home and looks after the children?" , "Extremely able female" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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