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Curly-headed girl with quality! (5)

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I believe the answer is:

class

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'quality' is the definition.
(class is a kind of quality)

'curly-headed girl' is the wordplay.
'curly-headed' 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'

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for class that I've seen before include "Teaching group" , "Category; form" , "People having the same social or economic status" , "School group" , "Form; stylishness" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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