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Soon makes the girl duck inside (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anon

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

'the girl duck inside' is the wordplay.
'the girl' becomes 'ann' (**).
'duck' becomes 'o'.
'inside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ann' placed around 'o' is 'ANON'.

'makes' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for anon that I've seen before include "In due course" , "Shortly; unknown" , "Soon; unnamed" , "Mystery writer" , "soon to be written" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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