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Girl called on regularly (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cleo

'girl' is the definition.

'called on regularly' is the wordplay.
'regularly' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'called'+'on'='calledon'
The alternating letters of 'calledon' are 'CLEO'.

(Other definitions for cleo that I've seen before include "Dame Laine" , "She ruled" , "Woman" , "Carry on -- (1964 film)" , "Ms Laine - one of the 14 films" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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