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Girl eager to provide cloth (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nankeen

'cloth' is the definition.
(nankeen is a kind of cloth)

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

'to provide' is the link.

(Other definitions for nankeen that I've seen before include "hard-wearing stuff" , "Chinese cotton cloth" , "Yellowish cotton cloth" , "mustard colour" , "Buff colour(ed cloth)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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