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A female - feeble or on fire? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aflame

'on fire?' is the definition.
('aflame' can be a synonym of 'on fire')

'a female feeble' is the wordplay.
'a female' becomes 'af' (I've seen this in other clues).
'feeble' becomes 'lame' ('lame' can be a synonym of 'feeble').
'af'+'lame'='AFLAME'

'or' is the link.

(Other definitions for aflame that I've seen before include "Ardent" , "Deeply aroused" , "On fire" , "Ma, flea could be burning" , "very hot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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