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Girl's hair giving grief (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

distress

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

'girl's hair' is the wordplay.
'girl's' becomes 'dis'.
'hair' becomes 'tress' (tress is a kind of hair).
'dis'+'tress'='DISTRESS'

'giving' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for distress that I've seen before include "Mayday is such a signal." , "Extreme sorrow or pain" , "Such a signal indicates trouble" , "Sadden" , "Severe pain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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