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Foreign girl making Alfie run (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fraulein

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'foreign girl' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'making alfie run' is the wordplay.
'making' indicates anagramming the letters.
'alfie'+'run'='alfierun'
'alfierun' with letters rearranged gives 'FRAULEIN'.

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(Other definitions for fraulein that I've seen before include "German Miss" , "Berlin woman" .)

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