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ETHEL (sounds like ethyl).

A radical in chemistry is an atom or group of atoms which has an odd number of electrons.

I disagree. I have entered ETHYL in the grid.

From what we hear, girl could be this sort of radical

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The answer must be ETHYL. If it were ETHEL then the definition (girl) would be splitting up the wordplay (sounds like / radical), which is not kosher,

With ETHYL, you have wordplay (sounds like girl) followed by def (radical).