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Sacked – failed to entertain society girl (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dismissed

'sacked' is the definition.
('dismiss' can be a synonym of 'sack')

'failed to entertain society girl' is the wordplay.
'failed' becomes 'died' ('die' can be a synonym of 'fail').
'to entertain' indicates putting letters inside.
'society' becomes 's' (common abbreviation in names of organisations).
'girl' becomes 'miss' ('miss' can be a synonym of 'girl'**).
's'+'miss'='smiss'
'died' placed around 'smiss' is 'DISMISSED'.

(Other definitions for dismissed that I've seen before include "Spurned" , "Fired" , "Brushed off or sacked" , "put out of court" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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