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Girl originally from a Scottish island? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fiona

'girl' is the definition.

'originally from a scottish island?' is the wordplay.
'originally' says to take the initial letters.
'a scottish island?' becomes 'iona' (I've seen this before**).
The first letter of 'from' is 'f'.
'f'+'iona'='FIONA'

(Other definitions for fiona that I've seen before include "Girl's name, meaning fair in Gaelic" , "Girl" , "Girl's name (not Flora)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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