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Girl's well after setback, praise be! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hosanna

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'praise be' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'girl's well after setback' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'annas' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'well' becomes 'oh' (both are exclamations of surprise).
'after setback' is a reversal indicator.
'annas'+'oh'='annasoh'
'annasoh' back-to-front is 'HOSANNA'.

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(Other definitions for hosanna that I've seen before include "shout in adoration" , "Shout of acclamation" , "Adoring cry" , "Hebrew word in the Bible, an exclamation of praise" , "exclamation of joy" .)

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