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Woman who's experienced desire over clothes (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doyenne

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'woman who's experienced' is the definition.
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'desire over clothes' is the wordplay.
'desire' becomes 'yen' (yen can mean a longing or desire).
'over' becomes 'done' (both can mean finished).
'clothes' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are clothed in others).
'yen' inserted into 'done' is 'DOYENNE'.

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(Other definitions for doyenne that I've seen before include "Yon Eden (anag.)" , "An older academic" , "Prominent female in her field" , "Female expert in a field" , "Senior female member of a group" .)

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