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Woman to ring back to get some varnish (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shellac

'some varnish' is the definition.
(shellac varnish is a kind of varnish)

'woman to ring back' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'she' ().
'to ring' becomes 'call' (call on the phone).
'back' is a reversal indicator.
'call' reversed gives 'llac'.
'she'+'llac'='SHELLAC'

'to get' is the link.

(Other definitions for shellac that I've seen before include "Varnish ingredient" , "Resin used for varnish, formerly for records" , "Defeat" , "Resin from trees" , "Varnish derived from insect secretion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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