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Girl has old aim (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

goal

'aim' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'girl has old' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'gal' ('gal' can be a synonym of 'girl'**).
'has' is an insertion indicator.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'gal' enclosing 'o' is 'GOAL'.

(Other definitions for goal that I've seen before include "Aim - two posts, a crossbar and a net" , "Footballer's target" , "could be worth 3 points" , "posts and bar" , "A score in soccer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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