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Ways for a girl to follow (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ensue

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'follow' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'ways for a girl' is the wordplay.
'ways' becomes 'en' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a girl' becomes 'Sue' (girl's name).
'en'+'sue'='ENSUE'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ensue that I've seen before include "Arise" , "Occur afterwards" , "Happen as consequence or afterward" , "Follow as a consequence" , "Leading directly to" .)

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