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Leered over girl looking extremely dodgy initially (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ogled

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'leered' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with perception as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'girl looking extremely dodgy initially' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'og' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'looking extremely dodgy' is 'led'.
'og'+'led'='OGLED'

'over' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ogled that I've seen before include "Looked at lecherously" , "regarded with desire" , "Eyed lecherously" , "Longingly looked at" , "Stared at" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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