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It's no great distance to take a girl round, folks (6)

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I believe the answer is:

family

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'folks' is the definition.
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'it's no great distance to take a girl round' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'distance' could be 'mil' (I have seen 'tiny distance' mean 'mil' so perhaps 'distance' could also mean 'mil') and 'mil' is found in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'fy' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for family that I've seen before include "One's relations" , "Group of relations" , "Close-knit group" , "Closely related group" , "Nearest and dearest" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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