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How bright the future sounds for her? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rosie

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'how bright the' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'future sounds for her?' is the wordplay.
'future sounds' becomes 'ie' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'her?' becomes 'ros'.
'ie' put after 'ros' is 'ROSIE'.

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(Other definitions for rosie that I've seen before include "Cider girl" , "Cider with --, novel" , "Female" , "Char" , "cider drinker sounds red" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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