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City girl showing form (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

class

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'form' is the definition.
(I know that form can be written as class)

'city girl' is the wordplay.
'city' becomes 'c' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'girl' becomes 'lass' (lass can informally mean a girl).
'c'+'lass'='CLASS'

'showing' is the link.

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(Other definitions for class that I've seen before include "Kind" , "Fine" , "Group - style" , "Genus" , "Excellent" .)

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