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Female you see texted in French city (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lucille

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

'you see texted in french city' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'you' could be 'u' (commonly used in online communication) and 'u' is located in the answer.
'see' could be 'c' (the word for the letter, according to Chambers) and 'c' is located in the answer.
'city' could be 'lille' (I've seen this before) and 'lille' is found within the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for lucille that I've seen before include "Female" , "Kenny Rogers hit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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