Cancellation has girl withdrawing, though not initially (9)
I believe the answer is:
annulling
'withdrawing though not initially' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'cancellation has girl' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'girl' could be 'lin' and 'lin' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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