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Girl at no time stripped (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eve

'girl' is the definition.

'at no time stripped' is the wordplay.
'at no time' becomes 'never' (synonyms).
'stripped' means to look at the middle letters (outside letters removed).
The centre of 'never' is 'EVE'.

(Other definitions for eve that I've seen before include "Lady of the previous night" , "Woman in a happy place" , "Girl" , "comes before Jan. 1st" , "First lady from the night before" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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