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Girls less mad, having changed (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

damsels

'girls' is the definition.
(damsel is a kind of girl)

'less mad having changed' is the wordplay.
'having changed' is an anagram indicator.
'less'+'mad'='lessmad'
'lessmad' is an anagram of 'DAMSELS'.

(Another definition for damsels that I've seen is " Young ladies, in distress perhaps".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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