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Girl’s story involving donkey (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lassie

'girl's' is the definition.
(lassie can informally mean a girl)

'story involving donkey' is the wordplay.
'story' becomes 'lie' (story can mean a fabrication).
'involving' is an insertion indicator.
'donkey' becomes 'ass' (ass is a term for a donkey).
'lie' enclosing 'ass' is 'LASSIE'.

(Other definitions for lassie that I've seen before include "Film and TV dog" , "Screen canine" , "Collie featuring in many films" , "Young Scottish girl or Hollywood lost dog" , "TV/film dog" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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