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Out West, she has a grand fellow (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gal

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'out west she' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'a grand fellow' is the wordplay.
'a grand' becomes 'g' (G is short for grand as in a thousand).
'fellow' becomes 'al' (I've seen this in other clues).
'g'+'al'='GAL'

'has' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for gal that I've seen before include "US female" , "miss" , "An American girl, cowboy vintage" , "Young woman (colloq.)" , "Lady" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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