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Try diamonds with gown? Not right for beautiful woman (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

goddess

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'beautiful woman' is the definition.

'try diamonds with gown? not right' is the wordplay.
'try diamonds with' becomes 'god' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'gown?' becomes 'dress' (gown is a kind of dress).
'not' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'dress' with 'r' taken away is 'dess'.
'god'+'dess'='GODDESS'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for goddess that I've seen before include "Eg, Aphrodite" , "divinity" , "Divine female" , "Such as Venus" , "Say Athena" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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