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Big stars dare Sting to get a makeover (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

red giants

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'big stars' is the definition.
'red giants' can be an answer for 'stars' (type of star). I am not certain of the 'big' bit.

'dare sting to get a makeover' is the wordplay.
'dare' becomes 'red' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to get' says to put letters next to each other.
'makeover' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'sting'+'a'='stinga'
'stinga' with letters rearranged gives 'giants'.
'red'+'giants'='RED GIANTS'

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(Other definitions for red giants that I've seen before include "Very large stars" , "Stars of high luminosity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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