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Girl takes two keys to escape (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evade

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'to escape' is the definition.
(evading is a kind of escaping)

'girl takes two keys' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'eva' (girl's name).
'takes' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'two keys' becomes 'de' (I've seen this in other clues. I am not sure about the 'two' bit.).
'eva'+'de'='EVADE'

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(Other definitions for evade that I've seen before include "Dodge by cleverness (5)" , "Illegally escape (taxes)" , "temptress conveying commercial message" , "Dodge by cleverness or trickery" , "Avoid, get out of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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