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Sent girl out for hair styling (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ringlets

'hair styling' is the definition.
(I know that ringlets is a hair styling)

'sent girl out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'sent'+'girl'='sentgirl'
'sentgirl' with letters rearranged gives 'RINGLETS'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ringlets that I've seen before include "Locks" , "Spiral curls" , "Sterling sort of curls" , "Curls, of Irish dancers say" , "Curls or tendrils" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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