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Something for hair: a thing unwanted there, prohibited, we understand (5,4)

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alice band

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'something for hair' is the definition.
I know that 'hair' relates to this answer.

'a thing unwanted there prohibited we understand' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
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(Other definitions for alice band that I've seen before include "this on girl's head" , "Lock keeper" , "overhead arch" , "that contains shock?" , "may be found in the hair" .)

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