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Greed of girl over cereal (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

avarice

'greed' is the definition.
(avarice is a kind of greed)

'girl over cereal' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'ava'.
'over' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'cereal' becomes 'rice' (rice is a kind of cereal).
'ava'+'rice'='AVARICE'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for avarice that I've seen before include "excessive desire for wealth" , "Cupidity" , "Excessive greed for wealth" , "Greed - caviare (anag)" , "Wanting to be rich" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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