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Woman visited illegal liquor shop (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shebeen

'illegal liquor shop' is the definition.
(term for an unlicensed liquor shop)

'woman visited' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'she'.
'visited' becomes 'been' ('he's been' could mean 'he's visited').
'she'+'been'='SHEBEEN'

(Other definitions for shebeen that I've seen before include "Unlicenced house selling alcohol (Ireland)" , "An informal Irish illegal drinking house" , "Unlicensed drinking den" , "dive" , "unlicensed joint" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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