The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AGNES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result AGNES
- Long periods entertaining Northern girl
- Woman’s contribution finally accepted by Times
- Woman needing a good comfy home for the most part
- Girl’s name appearing in Times
- Grey governess of Acton
- Portion of lasagne satisfied woman
- South Africa embodies England for her, on reflection
- Woman turned no good, in the main
- Saint taking long time to grasp point
- Name enshrined in eternity as symbol of chastity
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The straight part
We know that "symbol of chastity" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case symbol of chastity = agnes.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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