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Joke about girl, prude (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

puritan

'prude' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'joke about girl' is the wordplay.
'joke' becomes 'pun' (pun is a type of joke).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'girl' becomes 'rita' (woman's name).
'pun' placed around 'rita' is 'PURITAN'.

(Other definitions for puritan that I've seen before include "Extreme moralist" , "Person of extreme moral strictness" , "Person of extremely strict morals" , "Killjoy" , "Upright" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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