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Paint a girl and a boy (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

enamel

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'paint' is the definition.
(I know that enamel is a type of paint)

'a girl and a boy' is the wordplay.
'a girl' becomes 'Mel' (short for Melanie).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a boy' becomes 'ena' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'mel' put after 'ena' is 'ENAMEL'.

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(Other definitions for enamel that I've seen before include "Dental material" , "hard stuff" , "Crown Protector?" , "protective coat" , "Outer tooth material" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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