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A girl bowled over? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maiden

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'over?' is the definition.
(maiden is a kind of over)

'a girl bowled' is the wordplay.
'a girl' becomes 'maid' (maid is a kind of girl).
'bowled' becomes 'en' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'maid'+'en'='MAIDEN'

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(Other definitions for maiden that I've seen before include "Damsel" , "Spinster" , "Miss" , "First (speech)" , "Dotty over" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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