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Marie’s singing brother Mel in wild brawls (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

donnybrooks

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

'marie's singing brother mel in wild' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'brother' could be 'bro' (short for brother) and 'bro' is present in the answer.
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