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Without blemish? Not female acting illegally (7)

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I believe the answer is:

lawless

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'without blemish? not female acting illegally' is the definition.
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'without blemish? not female' is the wordplay.
'without blemish?' becomes 'flawless' ('blemish' can be 'flaw' (synonyms) so maybe 'without blemish' can be ''flawless').
'not' is a deletion indicator.
'female' becomes 'f' (common abbreviation).
'flawless' with 'f' taken away is 'LAWLESS'.

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(Other definitions for lawless that I've seen before include "Anarchy" , "disobedient" , "Slew Sal for being criminal" , "insubordinate" , "Unruly - anarchic" .)

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