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Girl in Dickens lifted by chap out of case (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

natasha

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'girl' is the definition.

'dickens lifted by chap out of case' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'by' could be 'at' and 'at' is located in the answer.
'chap' could be 'ash' and 'ash' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'na' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for natasha that I've seen before include "girl" , "Woman" , "Russian girl's name" , "Tolstoy heroine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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