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Girl with needle full of red blood? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

virile

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'full of red blood?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'girl with needle' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'Vi' (short for Violet).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'needle' becomes 'rile' (I've seen this in another clue).
'vi'+'rile'='VIRILE'

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(Other definitions for virile that I've seen before include "Red-blooded" , "Vigorous, manly" , "Potent" , "Having energy" , "Manly and macho" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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