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Girl set to work to produce shine (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glister

'shine' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'girl set to work' is the wordplay.
'to work' is an anagram indicator (letters worked into a new order).
'girl'+'set'='girlset'
'girlset' with letters rearranged gives 'GLISTER'.

'to produce' is the link.

(Another definition for glister that I've seen is " Gristle (anag)".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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