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Take possession of girl with kiss (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

annex

'take possession of' is the definition.
(annexing is a kind of taking possession of)

'girl with kiss' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'anne' (I've seen this before**).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'kiss' becomes 'x'.
'anne'+'x'='ANNEX'

(Other definitions for annex that I've seen before include "Seize" , "Grab" , "Join - add" , "Appropriate" , "Add as an extra part" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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