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Steer clear of upset woman holding egg (5)

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I believe the answer is:

avoid

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'steer clear' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'upset woman holding egg' is the wordplay.
'upset' is a reversal indicator.
'woman' becomes 'diva' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'holding' is an insertion indicator.
'egg' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'diva' placed around 'o' is 'diova'.
'diova' back-to-front is 'AVOID'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for avoid that I've seen before include "Stay away from or circumvent" , "Keep out of the way of" , "Fend off" , "(If you can't 10), keep away from" , "Bypass" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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