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Was unaware of short girl having grown (14)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

misappreciated

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'was unaware of' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'girl having grown' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'girl' could be 'ted' and 'ted' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'short' is the link.

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(Another definition for misappreciated that I've seen is " Was unaware of".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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