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Excellent woman, right? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stellar

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

'woman right?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'woman' could be 'stella' and 'stella' is found within the answer.
'right?' could be 'r' (common abbreviation) and 'r' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for stellar that I've seen before include "Outstanding -- star-like" , "Starry" , "Top-notch" , "Exceptionally good" , "celebrity" .)

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