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A girl is wrong (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amiss

'is wrong' is the definition.
('amiss' can be a synonym of 'wrong')

'a girl' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'miss' (I've seen this before**).
'a'+'miss'='AMISS'

(Other definitions for amiss that I've seen before include "Faulty" , "Mistaken" , "Wrong - awry" , "inappropriately" , "Taking wrong turn" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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