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Scottish prosecutor, female, is about fifty (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fiscal

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'scottish prosecutor' is the definition.
(short for procurator fiscal, Scottish legal term)

'female is about fifty' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'fisc' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'is about' becomes 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers).
'fifty' becomes 'l' (Roman numeral).
'fisc'+'a'+'l'='FISCAL'

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(Other definitions for fiscal that I've seen before include "Budgetary" , "Relating to taxation" , "Califs (anag.)" , "Relating to taxes" , "regarding tax" .)

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