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Wild party the red-headed woman left (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

revel

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'wild party' is the definition.
'revel' can be an answer for 'party' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the 'wild' bit.

'red-headed woman left' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'red' could be 'r' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'r' is located in the answer.
'woman' could be 'eve' (Eve is an example) and 'eve' is present in the answer.
'left' could be 'l' (common abbreviation) and 'l' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'the' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for revel that I've seen before include "Take great delight (in)" , "Rejoice" , "Take great pleasure" , "Be festive, enjoy" , "Make merry, whoop it up" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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