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Sweet female who gets in the way (8,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lollipop lady

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'who gets in the way' is the definition.
(a lollipop lady stands in the road or way)

'sweet female' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'sweet' could be 'lollipop' (lollipop is a kind of sweet) and 'lollipop' is found within the answer.
'female' could be 'lady' (lady is a kind of female) and 'lady' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for lollipop lady that I've seen before include "Woman seeing children safely across the road" , "helps schoolchildren" , "Female crossing attendant" , "Road crossing attendant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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