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Didn’t stop the girl and boy getting together (7,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carried on

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'boy getting together' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'didn't stop the girl and' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'girl' could be 'carrie' and 'carrie' is present in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'do' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for carried on that I've seen is " Continued".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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