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Woman, with time in prison, spotted beetle (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ladybird

'spotted beetle' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'woman with time in prison' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'lady' (lady is a kind of woman).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'time in prison' becomes 'bird' (bird is slang for time spent in prison).
'lady'+'bird'='LADYBIRD'

(Other definitions for ladybird that I've seen before include "Small round spotted beetle" , "Kind of beetle" , "that's spotted in gardens" , "spotted crawler" , "Common insect" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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