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One girl that is under another (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lassie

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'one girl that is under another' is the definition.
'lassie' can be an answer for 'one girl' (lassie can informally mean a girl). I'm not sure about the rest of the definition.

'one girl that is under' is the wordplay.
'one girl' becomes 'lass' (lass can informally mean a girl).
'that is' becomes 'ie' (short for Latin 'id est', 'that is').
'under' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'lass'+'ie'='LASSIE'

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(Other definitions for lassie that I've seen before include "dog in pictures" , "Hollywood film-star dog" , "Screen canine" , "Movie role for several dog stars" , "''Will ye go ..., go'' (folksong)" .)

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