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Three Rs regularly bypassed that girl (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

her

'girl' is the definition.

'three rs regularly bypassed' is the wordplay.
'regularly bypassed' means one should take alternating letters.
'three'+'rs'='threers'
The alternate letters of 'threers' are 'HER'.

'that' is the link.

(Other definitions for her that I've seen before include "In the Midlands she" , "Pronoun used of ship" , "The woman's" , "She, objectively" , "The female's" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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