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One of the family gets redhead into trouble (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brother

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'one of the family' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'redhead into trouble' is the wordplay.
'redhead' becomes 'r' (the head/first letter of 'red').
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'trouble' becomes 'bother' (synonyms).
'r' put inside 'bother' is 'BROTHER'.

'gets' is the link.

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(Other definitions for brother that I've seen before include "Relation" , "Close relative" , "Eg, monk, friar" , "Union member - male relative" , "Trade unionist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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