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Guard the disturbed girl (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

daughter

'girl' is the definition.
('daughter' can be a synonym of 'girl')

'guard the disturbed' is the wordplay.
'disturbed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'guard'+'the'='guardthe'
'guardthe' is an anagram of 'DAUGHTER'.

(Other definitions for daughter that I've seen before include "Family member" , "Female child" , "Family relative" , "Girl" , "Relation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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