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The fresh air around Maidenhead suits her (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

irma

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

'the fresh air around maidenhead' is the wordplay.
'the fresh' is an anagram indicator (a fresh re-ordering of the letters).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'maidenhead' becomes 'm' (head letter of 'maiden').
'air' is an anagram of 'ira'.
'ira' placed around 'm' is 'IRMA'.

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(Other definitions for irma that I've seen before include "- La Douce, nineteen sixty three Billy Wilder film" , "The girl for Irish music award" , "Girl's name ("La Douce")" , "1963 film with Lemmon and Maclaine" , "- la Douce (1963 film)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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