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Composed small note to girlfriend (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sedate

'composed' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'small note to girlfriend' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'note' becomes 'e' (musical note).
'to girlfriend' becomes 'date' (I've seen this in other clues).
's'+'e'+'date'='SEDATE'

(Other definitions for sedate that I've seen before include "Calm and demure" , "Give calming drug to" , "Calm or spectral appartition" , "Teased into being calm" , "Administer a calming drug" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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