Long for girl (4)

I believe the answer is:

miss

I believe this is a double definition.

'long for' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'girl' is the second definition.
('miss' can be a synonym of 'girl')

(Other definitions for miss that I've seen before include "Agatha Christie's detective" , "Lass" , "Fail to hit (something)" , "someone who isn't married" , "Fail to attend (event)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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