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Syrian female taking a view (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

damascene

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'syrian' is the definition.
(Damascene is an example)

'female taking a view' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'female' could be 'dam' (dam is a kind of female) and 'dam' is found in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
'view' could be 'scene' ('scene' can be a synonym of 'view') and 'scene' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for damascene that I've seen before include "as conversion is described" , "Middle Easterner" , "Syrian" , "Rich ornamentation on metal" , "ornament" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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