Nerdy American girl coming out holding The Times (5)

I believe the answer is:

dweeb

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'nerdy american' is the definition.
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'girl coming out holding the times' is the wordplay.
'girl coming out' becomes 'deb' (short for debutante).
'holding' is an insertion indicator.
'the times' becomes 'we' (the crossword setter and their colleagues).
'deb' placed around 'we' is 'DWEEB'.

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(Other definitions for dweeb that I've seen before include "Insignificant student" , "techie bore?" , "Boringly studious student" , "Antisocial guy" , "(US) idiot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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