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Girl goes off to chop up conifer for barbecue (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chargrill

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'barbecue' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'girl goes off to chop up conifer' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'girl' is 'gril' which is within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for chargrill that I've seen before include "put on barbecue" , "Cook with bare flames" , "Cook quickly at a very high heat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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