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Refuse girl pasty (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disallow

'refuse' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'girl pasty' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'Di'.
'pasty' becomes 'sallow' (I've seen this before).
'di'+'sallow'='DISALLOW'

(Other definitions for disallow that I've seen before include "Prevent" , "Prohibit, veto" , "Refuse to accept as valid, as judge might a claim" , "bar" , "Reject" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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