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A girl more confused by rambling account (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rigmarole

'rambling account' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a girl more confused' is the wordplay.
'confused' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'girl'+'more'='agirlmore'
'agirlmore' anagrammed gives 'RIGMAROLE'.

'by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rigmarole that I've seen before include "fuss" , "Complex procedure" , "Palaver" , "Long, complicated and confusing procedure" , "boring series" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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