Crossword Genius

Neighbour appears as little woman in following commercial (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adjoin

'neighbour' is the definition.
(both can mean to be located next to)

'little woman in following commercial' is the wordplay.
'little woman' becomes 'Jo' (character from Little Women).
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'commercial' becomes 'ad' (abbreviation for advertisement).
'jo'+'in'='join'
'join' after 'ad' is 'ADJOIN'.

'appears as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for adjoin that I've seen before include "Interconnect" , "Be next to, say building" , "Lie next to" , "Of building, be situated next to" , "Be next to, like building" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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