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With pride, she loses in brawling (7)

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I believe the answer is:

lioness

'with pride she' is the definition.
(female or 'she' in a pride of lions)

'loses in brawling' is the wordplay.
'brawling' is an anagram indicator.
'loses'+'in'='losesin'
'losesin' with letters rearranged gives 'LIONESS'.

(Other definitions for lioness that I've seen before include "Big beast's mate" , "Female big cat" , "Large cat" , "Fierce female feline" , "Female carnivore" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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