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Grill princess about blocking gross press (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gridiron

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'grill' is the definition.
(I know that grill can be written as gridiron)

'princess about blocking gross press' is the wordplay.
'princess about' becomes 'di' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'blocking' is an insertion indicator (to block can mean to plug a gap in something).
'gross' becomes 'gr' (abbreviation).
'press' becomes 'iron' (ironing is a kind of pressing).
'gr'+'iron'='griron'
'di' placed into 'griron' is 'GRIDIRON'.

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(Other definitions for gridiron that I've seen before include "cooking utensil" , "arrangement of bars" , "Frame over fire for cooking" , "Scene of American football" , "Grill - American football field" .)

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