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Woman gets excellent sheep back (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maria

'woman' is the definition.

'excellent sheep back' is the wordplay.
'excellent' becomes 'ai' (resembles 'A1', old-fashioned term for excellent).
'sheep' becomes 'ram' (male sheep).
'back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'ai'+'ram'='airam'
'airam' back-to-front is 'MARIA'.

'gets' is the link.

(Other definitions for maria that I've seen before include "Woman" , "Black --, police van" , "Italian Mary" , "musical" , "one from West Side Story" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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