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Girl eager to produce material (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nankeen

'material' is the definition.
(I know that nankeen is a type of material)

'girl eager' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'nan'.
'eager' becomes 'keen' (I've seen this before).
'nan'+'keen'='NANKEEN'

'to produce' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for nankeen that I've seen before include "Buff-coloured cotton cloth" , "Chinese cotton cloth" , "Hard-wearing fabric, originally from China" , "hard-wearing stuff" , "Yellowish cotton cloth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent and The Irish News.
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