Typical Conservative I caught following girl (7)
I believe the answer is:
classic
'typical' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'i caught following girl' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'girl' becomes 'class' (I've seen this in other clues).
'i'+'c'='ic'
'ic' put after 'class' is 'CLASSIC'.
'conservative' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for classic that I've seen before include "Oaks perhaps" , "Of the highest order - the Derby, for example" , "Descriptive of ancient Rome and Greece" , "major tournament" , "Eg, screw thread" .)