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Woman’s old name for tall winger (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heron

'tall winger' is the definition.
(tall bird, something with wings)

'woman's old name' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'her' (pronoun for a woman).
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'her'+'o'+'n'='HERON'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for heron that I've seen before include "Bird of the Rhone, strangely" , "Large fish-eating bird" , "Rhone (anag) - bird" , "Long-legged long-necked wading bird" , "Large British wading bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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