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Could put years on a girl, no doubt (1,4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

i dare say

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'girl no doubt' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'could put years on a' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'years' is 'resay' which is present in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'id' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for i dare say that I've seen before include "Probably" , "It wouldn't surprise me" , "It is probable" , "Quite possibly" , "Maybe" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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