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Girl in daily prize draw losing track (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charlotte

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

'in daily prize draw losing track' is the wordplay.
'in daily' becomes 'char' (both can mean a cleaner. I am not sure about the 'in' bit.).
'prize draw' becomes 'lottery' (I've seen this before).
'losing' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'track' becomes 'ry' (abbreviation for railway).
'lottery' with 'ry' removed is 'lotte'.
'char'+'lotte'='CHARLOTTE'

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(Other definitions for charlotte that I've seen before include "Fruit dish" , "... one of the Brontes" , "Dessert" , "One of the Bronte sisters" , "associated with the Web?" .)

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