The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 5 letter word PRIMA DONNA
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result PRIMA DONNA
- Opera star, new in Norma, paid outrageously
- Disapproving gossip about fellow drama queen
- Woman from Capri, mad on narcissism
- Pardon main criminal, temperamental type
- ‘RIP’ mistakenly put by female icon or diva
- Rip-off. Pop singer is no pop singer!
- First lady to make a song and dance?
- Having regular parts in opera, one singer’s a temperamental type
- One creating a scene in a prom and flipping out?
- Opera singer, and one leading pop star after publicity
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Woman" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case woman = prima donna.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.