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Woman takes it to be important (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vital

'important' is the definition.
(I know that important can be written as vital)

'woman takes it' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'val' (val is a name for a woman).
'takes' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'val' placed around 'it' is 'VITAL'.

'to be' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for vital that I've seen before include "Crucially important, essential" , "Essential, life-giving" , "Essential; lively" , "Critical; life-sustaining" , "Characteristic of life" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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