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Nothing shocking for a girl (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

olive

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'a girl' is the definition.
(girl's name)

'nothing shocking' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (O resembles 0).
'shocking' becomes 'live' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'o'+'live'='OLIVE'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for olive that I've seen before include "Yellowish-green colour" , "One [TYPE OF TREE] is from the Mediterranean" , "Oil-yielding fruit" , "Small green Mediterranean tree-fruit (5)" , "woman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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