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Turk, outrageous female removing top (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ottoman

'turk' is the definition.
(the Ottoman Empire became Turkey)

'outrageous female removing top' is the wordplay.
'outrageous' becomes 'OTT' (short for over the top).
'female' becomes 'woman' (woman is a kind of female).
'removing top' means to remove the first letter (I've seen 'removes top' mean this).
'woman' with its initial letter taken away is 'oman'.
'ott'+'oman'='OTTOMAN'

(Other definitions for ottoman that I've seen before include "Armless, padded seat" , "Type of seat; Turkish" , "Description of empire" , "Turkish empire of over 600 years" , "Old empire - sofa" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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