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The woman would shortly peel off (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shed

'peel off' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'the woman would shortly' is the wordplay.
'the woman' becomes 'she' (I've seen this before**).
'shortly' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'would' is 'd'.
'she'+'d'='SHED'

(Other definitions for shed that I've seen before include "Abandon" , "Separate" , "Cast, wooden building" , "storage building" , "lost" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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