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Innocent and genuine somehow (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ingenue

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

'genuine somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates an anagram.
'genuine' anagrammed gives 'INGENUE'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for ingenue that I've seen before include "Unsophisticated girl" , "Naive girl" , "Naive young woman" , "inexperienced girl" , "young woman lacking experience" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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