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Brawl with a very loud fellow (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

affray

'brawl' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'with a very loud fellow' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'very loud' becomes 'ff' (musical abbreviation).
'fellow' becomes 'ray' (man's name).
'a' put next to 'ff' is 'aff'.
'aff'+'ray'='AFFRAY'

(Other definitions for affray that I've seen before include "Disturbance of the peace" , "Noisy disturbance" , "Disturbance in public place" , "A fight or riot in public" , "Breach of peace through public fighting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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