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Copper to restrain attractive girl (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cutie

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

'copper to restrain' is the wordplay.
'copper' becomes 'cu' (chemical symbol).
'to restrain' becomes 'tie' (tying is a kind of restraining).
'cu'+'tie'='CUTIE'

(Other definitions for cutie that I've seen before include "lovely" , "an attractive thing" , "Attractive girl" , "Smasher" , "Smart girl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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