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Scraggy girl’s first obsession (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thing

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

'scraggy girl's first' is the wordplay.
'scraggy' becomes 'thin' (similar in meaning).
'girl's first' becomes 'g' (1st letter of 'girl').
'thin'+'g'='THING'

(Other definitions for thing that I've seen before include "Article" , "A creature" , "Unspecified object" , "Object; gadget" , "Individual unit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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