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Catch girl with Oscar (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lasso

'catch' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'girl with oscar' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'lass' (lass is a kind of girl**).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'oscar' becomes 'o' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'lass'+'o'='LASSO'

(Other definitions for lasso that I've seen before include "Catch (steers) with a rope" , "Ling-nosed rope" , "Nosed rope" , "Rope with noose for catching animals" , "Long rope with running noose" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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