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Some stars are irritating on the radio show (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

great bear

'some stars' is the definition.
(constellation Ursa Major)

'irritating on the radio show' is the wordplay.
'irritating' becomes 'grate' (I've seen this before).
'on the radio' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'show' becomes 'bear' (I've seen this before).
'grate' is a homophone of 'great'.
'great'+'bear'='GREAT BEAR'

'are' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for great bear that I've seen before include "Large animal - same as 7" , "visible in the night sky" , "Major stars" , "Ursa Major" , "'Large ursine in the heavens (5,4)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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