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Woman: one taking bow? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

viola

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'bow?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'woman one' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'viol' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'one' becomes 'a' (a thing is one thing).
'viol'+'a'='VIOLA'

'taking' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for viola that I've seen before include "Sebastian's sister" , "Bloomer" , "Instrument slightly larger than violin and of lower pitch" , "String quartet member" , "Sebastian's twin (Twelfth Night)" .)

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