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I am into Kelly's scowls (8)

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I believe the answer is:

grimaces

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'scowls' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'i am into kelly's' is the wordplay.
'i am' becomes 'i'm'.
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'kelly' becomes 'graces' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'im' inserted into 'graces' is 'GRIMACES'.

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(Other definitions for grimaces that I've seen before include "threatening features" , "Twisted expressions" , "Facial distortions of distaste" , "Contortion of face, perhaps expressing pain" , "Contorted facial expressions" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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