Report of girl deceived by a snake (8)
I believe the answer is:
anaconda
'snake' is the definition.
(anaconda is a kind of snake)
'report of girl deceived by a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
'girl' could be 'ana' and 'ana' is found in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for anaconda that I've seen before include "'No, Canada is home to the snake (8)'" , "Semi-aquatic boa" , "crawler" , "Strangler" , "Large South America snake" .)