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Woman a man may play, funnily enough (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dame

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'woman' is the definition.
(dame can mean a woman)

'a man may play funnily enough' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'man' could be 'm' (M is an abbreviation for male or masculine) and 'm' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'de' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for dame that I've seen before include "See 21" , "Man's panto role" , "Panto cross-dresser" , "Agatha Christie's title?" , "Cross-dressing panto character" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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