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Girl has old rope (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lasso

'rope' is the definition.
(I know that rope can be written as lasso)

'girl has old' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'lass' (lass can informally mean a girl).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'lass'+'o'='LASSO'

(Other definitions for lasso that I've seen before include "Catch (steers) with a rope" , "Cowboy's rope with sliding noose" , "something to catch beast liable to run off" , "One may be caught by this" , "use one for catching cattle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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