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Cleanliness elevated boy or girl, reportedly? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

hygiene

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'cleanliness' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'elevated boy or girl reportedly?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'boy' could be 'hy' and 'hy' is found in the answer.
'girl' could be 'g' and 'g' is located in the answer.
'reportedly?' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ine' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for hygiene that I've seen before include "Clean practice" , "Practice of cleanliness to maintain health" , "Condition promoting sanitary practices" , "Sanitary science" , "The practice or conditions of cleanliness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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