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Northern rich girl occasionally gets nothing (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nihil

'nothing' is the definition.
('nihil' means 'nothing' in Latin)

'northern rich girl occasionally' is the wordplay.
'northern' becomes 'n' (abbreviation e.g. N. Ireland).
'occasionally' indicates alternate letters.
'rich'+'girl'='richgirl'
The alternate letters of 'richgirl' are 'ihil'.
'n'+'ihil'='NIHIL'

'gets' is the link.

(Other definitions for nihil that I've seen before include "love" , "'... obstat' - Catholic imprimatur or approval" , "Nothing (Latin)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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