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Females endlessly grabbing attention is fatiguing (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wearisome

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'fatiguing' is the definition.
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'females endlessly grabbing attention is' is the wordplay.
'females endlessly' becomes 'wome' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'grabbing' indicates putting letters inside.
'attention' becomes 'ear' (having someone's ear is having their attention).
'ear'+'is'='earis'
'wome' enclosing 'earis' is 'WEARISOME'.

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(Other definitions for wearisome that I've seen before include "Boring" , "pestilential" , "Vexatious" , "Tedious, tiring" , "Trying" .)

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