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Sort of girl that's grave with zero yen (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tomboy

'sort of girl' is the definition.

'grave with zero yen' is the wordplay.
'grave' becomes 'tomb' ('tomb' can be a synonym of 'grave').
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'zero' becomes 'o'.
'yen' becomes 'y'.
'tomb'+'o'+'y'='TOMBOY'

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for tomboy that I've seen before include "Girl dressed in a masculine manner" , "Girl with the character of a lad" , "Girl in trousers, perhaps?" , "Girl who likes rough and noisy activities" , "girl behaving boisterously" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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