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Woman in India with Frenchman (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

irene

'woman' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'india with frenchman' is the wordplay.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'frenchman' becomes 'rene' (common French name).
'i'+'rene'='IRENE'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for irene that I've seen before include "Peaceful girl" , "One can find a girl in Ree" , "Girl's name (meaning Peace)" , "Girl of peace" , "Girl's name; Soames Forsyte's first wife" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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