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Two articles for a goddess (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thea

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'a goddess' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'two articles' is the wordplay.
'two articles' means two substitutions for 'article'.
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article in English).
'article' becomes 'a' (English indefinite article).
'the'+'a'='THEA'

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(Other definitions for thea that I've seen before include "... Girl" , "Plant" , "evergreen shrubs?" , "Girl's name, tea genus" , "Female name meaning 'goddess'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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