Crossword Genius

Woman gets answer through (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

via

'through' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'woman gets answer' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'vi' (**).
'gets' says to put letters next to each other.
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'vi'+'a'='VIA'

(Other definitions for via that I've seen before include "A Roman way" , "Roman road" , "Passing through" , "Going through" , "By way of - in Latin" .)

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