The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word GEISHA
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result GEISHA
- One employed to entertain man in charge is hand-picked
- Japanese entertainer in bondage is handmaiden
- Some baggage is hazard for hostess
- Ridiculous age, his female companion
- I sigh embroiled with large hostess
- Hostess's porridge is hardly dipped into
- On returning, a husband, say, is caught entertaining woman
- Judge is having to defend hostess
- Perhaps girl dancing in cage is harlot?
- Marriage is happily content – but it’s not for her
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What does GEISHA mean?
GEISHA noun- A Japanese female entertainer skilled in various arts such as tea ceremony, dancing, singing and calligraphy.