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Mating period over and he's out to grab attention (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

turn heads

'to grab attention' is the definition.

'mating period over and he's out' is the wordplay.
'mating period' becomes 'rut'.
'over' is a reversal indicator.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'rut' back-to-front is 'tur'.
'and'+'hes'='andhes'
'andhes' is an anagram of 'nheads'.
'tur'+'nheads'='TURN HEADS'

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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