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Girl left school with historical records (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

annals

'historical records' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'girl left school' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'anna' (**).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'school' becomes 's'.
'anna'+'l'+'s'='ANNALS'

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for annals that I've seen before include "Historical records" , "History of events year by year" , "Record of events year by year" , "Registers" , "Tomorrow (Spanish)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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