Woman wandering East from America (6)

I believe the answer is:

marcia

'woman' is the definition.

'wandering east from america' is the wordplay.
'wandering' indicates an anagram.
'east' becomes 'e' ('E' can be a synonym of 'east').
'from' suggests deleting specific letters.
'america' with 'e' taken away is 'amrica'.
'amrica' is an anagram of 'MARCIA'.

(Another definition for marcia that I've seen is " Woman".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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