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Girl recalled caress in an ill-advised move (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

misstep

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'an ill-advised move' is the definition.
'misstep' can be an answer for 'move' (I have seen 'False move' mean 'misstep' so perhaps 'move' could also mean 'misstep'). I am unsure of the 'an ill-advised' bit.

'girl recalled caress' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'miss' (synonyms).
'recalled' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'caress' becomes 'pet' (petting is a kind of caressing).
'pet' backwards is 'tep'.
'miss'+'tep'='MISSTEP'

'in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for misstep that I've seen before include "bad move" , "Badly judged footing" , "False move" , "Badly judged move" , "Error" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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