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A foreign girl who drops in after marriage (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

signorina

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'a foreign girl' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'drops in after marriage' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'in' is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'signora' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'who' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for signorina that I've seen before include "Miss Italy?" , "Italian girl revealed" , "Foreign miss" , "Italian equivalent of "mademoiselle"" , "Italian miss" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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