Girl embraces star in glitzy locale (8)

I believe the answer is:

lasvegas

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'glitzy locale' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'girl embraces star' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'lass' (lass can informally mean a girl).
'embraces' indicates putting letters inside.
'star' becomes 'Vega' (star in the constellation Lyra).
'lass' enclosing 'vega' is 'LASVEGAS'.

'in' is the link.

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