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She's a devil getting head to support protest (8)

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I believe the answer is:

demoness

'she's a devil' is the definition.
(female demon)

'head to support protest' is the wordplay.
'head' becomes 'ness' (ness is a headland).
'to support' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters hold up others).
'protest' becomes 'demo' (demonstration).
'ness' put after 'demo' is 'DEMONESS'.

'getting' acts as a link.

(Another definition for demoness that I've seen is " She-devil".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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