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Typical of girl kept in a long time (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

average

'typical' is the definition.
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'girl kept in a long time' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'vera' (**).
'kept in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a long time' becomes 'age' ('age' can be a synonym of 'long time').
'vera' put inside 'age' is 'AVERAGE'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for average that I've seen before include "Mean - medium" , "Run of the mill" , "'Medium, middling (7)'" , "Normal amount" , "Mean, median or middling" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Guardian.
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