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Pray tell me the name of the girl (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

say grace

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'pray' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'tell me the name of the girl' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'tell' could be 'say' (synonyms) and 'say' is located in the answer.
'name' could be 'grace' and 'grace' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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