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Huge area young girl is touring with male (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

landmass

'huge area' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'young girl is touring with male' is the wordplay.
'young girl' becomes 'lass' ('lass' can be a synonym of 'young girl').
'is touring' indicates putting letters inside (touring can mean going round).
'with' becomes 'and' (I've seen this before**).
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'and'+'m'='andm'
'lass' placed around 'andm' is 'LANDMASS'.

(Other definitions for landmass that I've seen before include "Huge area" , "Eg, a continent" , "Asia, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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