The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 6 letter word LADY GODIVA
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result LADY GODIVA
- Wife who barely got up to protest
- Female rider that jockeys avidly goad
- Horsewoman returning a bottle containing dodgy mixture
- Woman who went up barely making an impression?
- Gay old eccentric eager to come up with a fiver in Bow?
- Old gay criminal and prima donna in a romantic comedy film
- Gay old eccentric prima donna, the subject of a legendary tale
- Extravagantly day-glo opera star who was known for horseback performance
- A godly performing songstress is a protesting female
- Aphrodite maybe – headless prima donna rode bareback?
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The straight part
We know that "a fiver in Bow" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a fiver in bow = lady godiva.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.