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Woman with gold married a creep (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

worm

'a creep' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'woman with gold married' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'w' (abbreviation eg in Woman Police Constable).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'married' becomes 'm' (abbreviation, e.g. in genealogy).
'w'+'or'+'m'='WORM'

(Other definitions for worm that I've seen before include "Wriggly creature" , "Legless creature - grovelling type" , "Squirm" , "Wretched person" , "Slither" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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