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Lad excited after Irish girl describes her island home (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emerald

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'her island home' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'lad excited after irish girl' is the wordplay.
'excited' indicates anagramming the letters.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'irish girl' becomes 'Emer' (Irish name).
'lad' is an anagram of 'ald'.
'ald' after 'emer' is 'EMERALD'.

'describes' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for emerald that I've seen before include "and 1 Across: Ireland" , "Precious gemstone" , "Highly-valued variety of beryl" , "Gem; type of moth" , "Gem associated with Ireland" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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