Warm female appears in a wondrous tale (7)

I believe the answer is:

affable

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

'female appears in a wondrous tale' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'appears in' indicates putting letters inside.
'wondrous tale' becomes 'fable' (I have seen 'Moral tale' mean 'fable' so perhaps 'tale' could also mean 'fable'. I am not sure about the 'wondrous' bit.).
'a'+'fable'='afable'
'f' placed within 'afable' is 'AFFABLE'.

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(Other definitions for affable that I've seen before include "Warm and friendly" , "Genial and friendly" , "Kind and friendly" , "Good-humoured, friendly" , "Easy to talk to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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