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Complain about this Roman hairstyle (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mohican

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

'complain about this roman' is the wordplay.
'complain' becomes 'moan' (I've seen this before).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'this roman' becomes 'hic' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'moan' going around 'hic' is 'MOHICAN'.

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(Other definitions for mohican that I've seen before include "The last one was celebrated in novel" , "type of cut" , "American native, 9 [ > HAIRCUT]" , "Haircut with only a band of hair down the middle of the scalp" , "A Native American people" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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