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Young woman shorn of resistance finally consented: don’t do this to Lily! (4)

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I believe the answer is:

gild

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'don't do this to lily' is the definition.
(as in the phrase 'gild the lily')

'young woman shorn of resistance finally' is the wordplay.
'young woman' becomes 'girl' (synonyms).
'shorn of' is a deletion indicator.
'resistance' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'finally' becomes 'd' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'girl' with 'r' taken out is 'gil'.
'gil'+'d'='GILD'

'consented' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for gild that I've seen before include "Decorate with gold leaf" , "Cover thinly with gold" , "Cover with gold leaf" , "Coat in gold" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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