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Unruly girl was first to be questioned (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grilled

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'questioned' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'unruly girl was first' is the wordplay.
'unruly' is an anagram indicator.
'was first' becomes 'led' (to lead is to go first).
'girl' anagrammed gives 'gril'.
'gril'+'led'='GRILLED'

'to be' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for grilled that I've seen before include "Cooked under a flame" , "Cooked; interrogated" , "Cooked under flames" , "Cooked by radiant heat" , "Cooked - cross-examined" .)

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