Woman revealing some bad apples (3)
I believe the answer is:
ada
'woman' is the definition.
(woman's name)
'some bad apples' is the wordplay.
'some' says the answer is hidden in the clue (some parts of the word are used).
'ADA' can be found hidden inside 'bad apples'.
'revealing' is the link.
(Other definitions for ada that I've seen before include "Palindromic girl's name" , "Novel by Vladimir Nabokov" , "-- Lovelace, pioneer in computing" , "- Lovelace, Byron's daughter & computer pioneer" , "Computer lang.; f. name" .)