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Girl and boy forming a sort of line (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dotted

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'line' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'girl and boy' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'dot' ().
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'boy' becomes 'Ted' (short for Edward or Theodore).
'dot'+'ted'='DOTTED'

'forming a sort of' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for dotted that I've seen before include "Covered with spots" , "Sparsely laid out" , "Scattered" , "I may be" , "Sign on this line to authorise" .)

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