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Regret the absence of the girl (4)

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I believe the answer is:

miss

This clue is a triple definition!

'regret' is the first definition.
(I know that regret is a more specific form of the action miss)

'the absence' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

'of' is a link.

'the girl' is the third definition.
(term of address for an unmarried woman)

(Other definitions for miss that I've seen before include "Fail to find" , "Fail to hit (the target)" , "Agatha Christie's detective" , "Suffer from the lack of" , "Girl or unmarried woman" .)

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