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Young lady lives in MS (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

miss

'young lady' is the definition.
(term of address for a young woman)

'lives in ms' is the wordplay.
'lives' becomes 'is' ('be' can be a synonym of 'live').
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'is' inserted within 'ms' is 'MISS'.

(Other definitions for miss that I've seen before include "Fail to find" , "Fail to perceive" , "Young girl" , "Fail; long for" , "Musical set in Vietnam" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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