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Girl: she's displaying cricket trophy (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

the ashes

'cricket trophy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'girl she's' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'thea' (**).
'thea'+'shes'='THE ASHES'

'displaying' is the link.

(Other definitions for the ashes that I've seen before include "Cricketing trophy" , "Trophy awarded in England-Australia cricket, sounds grubby" , "Trophy for winner of AngloAustralian cricket series" , "trees" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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