A high spirited one, this girl? (6)

I believe the answer is:

angela

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'this girl?' is the definition.

'a high spirited one' is the wordplay.
'a high spirited' becomes 'angel' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'one' becomes 'a'.
'angel'+'a'='ANGELA'

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(Other definitions for angela that I've seen before include "- Gheorghiu, Romanian soprano" , "woman" , "Girl's name" , "-- Merkel, German Chancellor" , ". . . Lansbury (actress)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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