Maybe Tom ran from her! (6)

I believe the answer is:

matron

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

'maybe tom ran' is the wordplay.
'maybe' indicates an anagram.
'tom'+'ran'='tomran'
'tomran' with letters rearranged gives 'MATRON'.

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for matron that I've seen before include "Senior nursing officer of old" , "Nurses' manager" , "Old woman" , "Senior nurse" , "One used to be in charge of hospital nurses" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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