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Dander gets up with game woman who's really dominant (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grande dame

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'really dominant' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.

'dander gets up with game woman' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'dander' is 'randed' which is within the answer.
'woman' could be 'ame' and 'ame' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'g' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'who's' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for grande dame that I've seen before include "Older woman revered in her own field" , "dominant lady in a field" , "Venerable lady" , "Very influential woman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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