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Cheats badly, pretending to be virginal? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chaste

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'to be virginal?' is the definition.
('chaste' can be similar in meaning to 'virginal')

'cheats badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'cheats' is an anagram of 'CHASTE'.

'pretending' is the link.
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(Other definitions for chaste that I've seen before include "avoiding relations" , "Pure - virtuous" , "Pure and inviolate" , "Like Diana" , "Modest and decent" .)

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