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Girl beginning to despise bore (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carried

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'bore' is the definition.
('carry' can be a synonym of 'bear')

'girl beginning to despise' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'girl' could be 'carrie' and 'carrie' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'd' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for carried that I've seen before include "Published" , "Conveyed, transported" , "Held" , "(Of a motion) passed" , "passed by majority" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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