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Pound head of goon in repeated violent TV show (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

squid game

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'pound head of goon in repeated violent tv show' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'pound head of goon in repeated violent tv show' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'pound' could be 'squid' (slang term for pounds sterling) and 'squid' is present in the answer.
'show' could be 'game' (game show is a kind of show) and 'game' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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