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Ale Basil ordered for girl (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

isabella

'girl' is the definition.
(girl's name)

'ale basil ordered' is the wordplay.
'ordered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ale'+'basil'='alebasil'
'alebasil' with letters rearranged gives 'ISABELLA'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for isabella that I've seen before include "A queen of Spain" , "foreign girl" , "Bails Lea out for the name" , "Spanish queen who was patroness to Columbus" , "sludgy colour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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