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Clashing with woman's child at about noon (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dissonant

'clashing' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'woman's child at about noon' is the wordplay.
'woman's' becomes 'di's' (Di is short for Diana).
'child' becomes 'son' (male child).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'noon' becomes 'n' (abbreviation for noon).
'at' going around 'n' is 'ant'.
'dis'+'son'+'ant'='DISSONANT'

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for dissonant that I've seen before include "Lacking harmony" , "grating" , "incongruous" , "sounding harsh" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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