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Dodge exceptionally mean girl (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

malinger

'dodge' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'exceptionally mean girl' is the wordplay.
'exceptionally' indicates anagramming the letters.
'mean'+'girl'='meangirl'
'meangirl' anagrammed gives 'MALINGER'.

(Other definitions for malinger that I've seen before include "Pretend to be sick" , "Avoid duty by pretending sickness" , "Skive by pretending to be ill" , "Loaf about in germinal way" , "skive off school, maybe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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