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Spoilt woman putting pressure on wild deer (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pampered

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'spoilt' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'woman putting pressure on wild deer' is the wordplay.
'woman putting' becomes 'pam' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pressure' becomes 'p' (abbreviation).
'on' is an insertion indicator.
'wild' indicates an anagram.
'deer' anagrammed gives 'ered'.
'p' put into 'ered' is 'pered'.
'pam'+'pered'='PAMPERED'

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(Other definitions for pampered that I've seen before include "Rapped me for being petted" , "Warwickshire cricket ground" , "mollycoddled" , "Did baby" , "Indulged; spoilt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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