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Folly of girl touring North America (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lunacy

'folly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'girl touring north america' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'lucy' (**).
'touring' is an insertion indicator (touring can mean going round).
'north america' becomes 'na'.
'lucy' enclosing 'na' is 'LUNACY'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for lunacy that I've seen before include "Tomfoolery" , "Craziness, madness" , "idiotic act" , "Madness, insanity" , "Extreme folly, insanity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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