A noisy summer insect (6)
I believe the answer is:
cicada
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">a noisy summer insect</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for cicada that I've seen before include "Noisy tropical insect" , "six-footer?" , "Stridulating insect" , "Shrill insect" , "Noisy bug" .)