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Second aggressive fellow’s punky hairdos (7)

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I believe the answer is:

mohawks

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'hairdos' is the definition.
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'second aggressive fellow's punky' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 'mo' (both are short periods of time).
'aggressive fellow's punky' becomes 'hawks' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'mo'+'hawks'='MOHAWKS'

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(Other definitions for mohawks that I've seen before include "American Indians; skating steps" , "Iroquois" , "Movements on 12" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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