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Young girl or dame in distress? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maiden

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

'dame in distress?' is the wordplay.
'distress?' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'distress' mean this).
'dame'+'in'='damein'
'damein' is an anagram of 'MAIDEN'.

'or' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for maiden that I've seen before include "No-score over" , "Single" , "Damsel" , "First (speech)" , "To the rear (of a ship)" .)

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