Girl rejected love given by US lawyer (5)

I believe the answer is:

linda

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'girl' is the definition.

'rejected love given by us lawyer' is the wordplay.
'rejected' says the letters should be written backwards.
'love given' becomes 'nil' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'given' bit.**).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'us lawyer' becomes 'da' (abbreviation for District Attorney).
'nil' in reverse letter order is 'lin'.
'lin'+'da'='LINDA'

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(Other definitions for linda that I've seen before include "lady" , "- Ronstadt, US singer" , "23 [LOVELACE]" , "-- Gray, 'Dallas' star" , "Girl's name (I, not Y)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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