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Visual aids for gymnasium's top girls (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glasses

'visual aids' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'gymnasium's top girls' is the wordplay.
'top' indicates taking the first letters (in a down clue, the first letter is top).
'girls' becomes 'lasses' (lass can mean a girl).
The initial letter of 'gymnasiums' is 'g'.
'g'+'lasses'='GLASSES'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for glasses that I've seen before include "They make girls unattractive to Parker" , "Spectacles; tumblers" , "Specs" , "Barnacles" , "are they full of alcohol?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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