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Number of women? Try to elaborate (5-3)

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I believe the answer is:

forty-two

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'number' is the definition.
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'of women? try to elaborate' is the wordplay.
'women?' becomes 'w' (standard abbreviation).
'elaborate' indicates anagramming the letters (an elaborate version of the letters).
'of'+'w'+'try'+'to'='ofwtryto'
'ofwtryto' anagrammed gives 'FORTY-TWO'.

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(Other definitions for forty-two that I've seen before include "Three fourteens" , "Douglas Adams' numerical Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything" , "The answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy)" .)

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