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Pine for girl (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

miss

I believe this is a double definition.

'pine for' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'girl' is the second definition.
('miss' can be a synonym of 'girl')

(Other definitions for miss that I've seen before include "someone who isn't married" , "Shoot over" , "Suffer from the lack of" , "Girl or unmarried woman" , "Fail to hit; girl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Guardian.
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