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Feminine cry of pain goes round Sydney suburb (7)

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I believe the answer is:

womanly

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'feminine' is the definition.
(I know that feminine can be written as womanly)

'cry of pain goes round sydney suburb' is the wordplay.
'cry of pain' becomes 'ow' (exclamation of pain).
'goes round' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'sydney suburb' becomes 'manly' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ow' written backwards gives 'wo'.
'wo'+'manly'='WOMANLY'

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(Other definitions for womanly that I've seen before include "Ladylike" , "Feminine" .)

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