The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word EDITH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result EDITH
- Time to return, pursued by hot woman
- Work on copy of Hockney’s head – a female
- Parisian says he’s upset about that woman
- Girl‘s correct aspiration
- Woman who has to polish hard
- A woman liked it here? Not entirely
- Cabaret singer familiarly seen in correct hotel
- Woman trapped by rising high tides
- Cavell, say, handled it heroically, imprisoned within
- Poetic Dame gives changes to Henry
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The straight part
We know that "Cabaret singer familiarly" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cabaret singer familiarly = edith.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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