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Groan about aunt with hairy redhead (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orangutan

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'hairy redhead' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'groan about aunt' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates anagramming the letters.
'groan' with its letters anagrammed with 'aunt' can make 'ORANGUTAN'.

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for orangutan that I've seen before include "Primate" , "ape" , "a big sub-human creature" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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