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Women I see promoted getting a word of praise (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hosanna

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'word of praise' is the definition.
'hosanna' can be an answer for 'praise' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'word of' bit.

'women i see promoted getting a' is the wordplay.
'women' becomes 'anns' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'i see' becomes 'oh' (both can mean 'I understand').
'promoted' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up, in a down clue).
'getting' is an insertion indicator.
'anns'+'oh'='annsoh'
'annsoh' backwards is 'hosnna'.
'hosnna' going around 'a' is 'HOSANNA'.

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(Other definitions for hosanna that I've seen before include "Said in praise of God" , "Cry of religious adoration, often in the highest" , "Hebrew word in the Bible, an exclamation of praise" , "exclamation of joy" , "Exclamation of praise to God, from Hebrew" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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