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Strange man or woman (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

norma

'woman' is the definition.

'strange man or' is the wordplay.
'strange' is an anagram indicator.
'man'+'or'='manor'
'manor' is an anagram of 'NORMA'.

(Other definitions for norma that I've seen before include "Roman (anag) -- opera" , "small group of stars" , "Girl" , "Bellini opera - girl's name" , "Bellini heroine" .)

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