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Girl with skin like alobaster? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

misspelt

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'alobaster?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'girl with skin' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'miss' (term of address for an unmarried woman).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'skin' becomes 'pelt' (an animal's skin).
'miss'+'pelt'='MISSPELT'

'like' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for misspelt that I've seen before include "Ecstacy,say" , "Put letters down quite wrongly" , "having put letters in wrong order" , "like velvit?" , "literal?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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