Plaits I twisted around girl's head? (8)

I believe the answer is:

pigtails

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'plaits i twisted around girl's head?' is the definition.
'pigtails' can be an answer for 'plaits' (I've seen this in another clue). I'm not certain of the 'i twisted around girl's head?' bit.

'plaits i twisted around girl's head?' is the wordplay.
'twisted' is an anagram indicator.
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'head?' indicates taking the first letters (I've seen 'head' mean this).
The first letter of 'girl' is 'g'.
'plaits'+'i'='plaitsi'
'plaitsi' with letters rearranged gives 'pitails'.
'pitails' going around 'g' is 'PIGTAILS'.

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(Other definitions for pigtails that I've seen before include "Plaited ropes of hair at back of head" , "Plaits of braided hair" , "Queues" , "Plaited hair style" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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