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Fool blocking inventions made for girls (7)

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I believe the answer is:

lassies

'for girls' is the definition.
(lassie is a kind of girl)

'fool blocking inventions' is the wordplay.
'fool' becomes 'ass' (both can mean a stupid person).
'blocking' means one lot of letters goes inside another (to block can mean to plug a gap in something).
'inventions' becomes 'lies' (I've seen this in another clue).
'ass' going into 'lies' is 'LASSIES'.

'made' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for lassies that I've seen before include "Wee Scottish girls" , "Young women" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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