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Ensnare the girl with the round bottom (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lasso

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'ensnare' is the definition.
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'girl with the round bottom' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'girl' could be 'lass' (lass can informally mean a girl) and 'lass' is present in the answer.
'round' could be 'o' (round can mean a round object) and 'o' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for lasso that I've seen before include "Rancher's rope" , "One may be caught by this" , "snare" , "Somehow catch" , "Cowboy's noosed rope" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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