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Without hesitating spinster stripped naked in front of six-footer (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

instant

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'naked in front of six-footer' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'without hesitating spinster stripped' is the wordplay.
'without' is an insertion indicator.
'hesitating' becomes 'tan' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'stripped' says to take the centre.
The central letters of 'spinster' are 'inst'.
'tan' inserted within 'inst' is 'INSTANT'.

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(Other definitions for instant that I've seen before include "Short moment" , "pressing" , "Twinkling of a eye" , "The blink of an eye" , "Happening immediately" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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