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Girl I sob over (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

naomi

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'girl' is the definition.
(girl's name)

'i sob over' is the wordplay.
'sob' becomes 'moan' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'over' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'i'+'moan'='imoan'
'imoan' backwards is 'NAOMI'.

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(Other definitions for naomi that I've seen before include "Relative of Ruth" , "Biblical mother-in-law of Ruth" , "Do I moan about Biblical Ruth's mother-in-law?" , "OT female" , "woman in the Bible" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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