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The average false-hearted woman (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

normal

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'the average' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'false-hearted woman' is the wordplay.
'false' becomes 'norma' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hearted' indicates the central letters.
'woman' becomes 'Ellen' (woman's name).
The central letter of 'ellen' is 'l'.
'norma'+'l'='NORMAL'

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(Other definitions for normal that I've seen before include "Common" , "Popular" , "Unexceptional" , "Conforming to a standard" , "'Standard, conventional (6)'" .)

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