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Woman showing point in pursuing seabirds (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ernestine

'woman' is the definition.
(woman's name)

'point in pursuing seabirds' is the wordplay.
'point' becomes 'tine' (I've seen this in other clues).
'in pursuing' means one lot of letters go next to another (some letters go after others).
'seabirds' becomes 'ernes' (erne can mean a sea eagle).
'tine' after 'ernes' is 'ERNESTINE'.

'showing' acts as a link.

(Another definition for ernestine that I've seen is " girl".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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