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Woman representing a nation? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

antonia

'woman' is the definition.

'representing a nation?' is the wordplay.
'representing' indicates anagramming the letters (letters must be re-presented in a new way).
'a'+'nation'='anation'
'anation' with letters rearranged gives 'ANTONIA'.

(Other definitions for antonia that I've seen before include "female" , "Girl's name" , "woman" , "lady" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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