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Ball girl? (7)

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crystal

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This clue could be a double definition.

'ball' is the first definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
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'girl?' is the second definition.

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(Other definitions for crystal that I've seen before include "Material of fortune-teller's ball" , "Quartz, for example" , "Type of clear-cut, lucent glass" , "Glassware" , "Quartz glass" .)

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