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Girl cross with terminal to boot (7)

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I believe the answer is:

bridget

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'girl' is the definition.

'cross with terminal to boot' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'cross' could be 'bridge' (bridging is a kind of crossing) and 'bridge' is present in the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for bridget that I've seen before include "Saintly woman" , "Saint" , "Miss Jones the diarist" , "Girl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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