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Proclaim girl in acute trouble (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

annunciate

'proclaim' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'girl in acute trouble' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'Ann' (woman's name).
'trouble' indicates an anagram.
'in'+'acute'='inacute'
'inacute' with letters rearranged gives 'unciate'.
'ann'+'unciate'='ANNUNCIATE'

(Other definitions for annunciate that I've seen before include "Proclaim" , "Announce (arch.)" .)

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