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Swimmer has flaming ridiculous hairstyle (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

red mullet

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'swimmer' is the definition.
(red mullet is a kind of fish)

'flaming ridiculous hairstyle' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'hairstyle' could be 'mullet' (I've seen this before) and 'mullet' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'red' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'has' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for red mullet that I've seen before include "Tasty swimmer" , "There's something fishy" , "one's gathered in net" , "Brightly coloured food fish" , "Fish -- dull meter (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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