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Cheese found by female barrister (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brief

'barrister' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'cheese found by female' is the wordplay.
'cheese' becomes 'brie' (Brie is an example).
'found by' says to put letters next to each other.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'brie'+'f'='BRIEF'

(Other definitions for brief that I've seen before include "Fibre (anag.)" , "Barrister (sl.)" , "Brusque - lawyer (slang)" , "Terse" , "description of Macbeth's candle" .)

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