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Figure a girl no good, but still with us (6)

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I believe the answer is:

living

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'still with us' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'figure a girl no good' is the wordplay.
'figure a girl' becomes 'livi' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'no good' becomes 'ng' (abbreviation).
'livi'+'ng'='LIVING'

'but' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for living that I've seen before include "Clergyman's benefice" , "Around" , "Alive, income" , "parish" , "Quick; benefice" .)

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