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She provides father with a meal out (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pamela

'she' is the definition.

'father with a meal out' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'meal' with letters rearranged gives 'amel'.
'pa' placed around 'amel' is 'PAMELA'.

'provides' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for pamela that I've seen before include "Pale MA for the girl" , "Lady" , "Richardson novel; girl's name" , "Woman" , "A maple for a girl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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