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To provide a girl for each is to coddle! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pamper

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'coddle' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'to provide a girl for each' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'per' (eg 'one a day' means 'one per day') and 'per' is located in the answer.
'girl' could be 'pam' and 'pam' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'is to' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for pamper that I've seen before include "baby" , "Treat with excessive indulgence" , "Treat with over-indulgence" , "Mollycoddle" , "Overindulge (someone)" .)

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