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Scene of cat fights? Type disturbing a fellow (8)

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I believe the answer is:

kilkenny

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'scene of cat fights?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'type disturbing a fellow' is the wordplay.
'type' becomes 'ilk' (ilk can mean a type or kind).
'disturbing' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters disrupt or disturb the word).
'a fellow' becomes 'kenny' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ilk' put within 'kenny' is 'KILKENNY'.

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(Other definitions for kilkenny that I've seen before include "Cats fighting here" , "Where Irish cats fight" , "Irish county and town (with cats)" , "County of southeast Ireland, whence two legendary cats" .)

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