Girl endlessly tries to grab one kiss (6)
I believe the answer is:
trixie
'girl' is the definition.
'endlessly tries to grab one kiss' is the wordplay.
'endlessly' means to remove the last letter.
'to grab' indicates putting letters inside.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'kiss' becomes 'x' (X can represent a kiss).
'tries' with its final letter taken off is 'trie'.
'i'+'x'='ix'
'trie' enclosing 'ix' is 'TRIXIE'.
(Another definition for trixie that I've seen is " girl".)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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