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Terribly nuts about English songs (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tunes

'songs' is the definition.
(I know this)

'terribly nuts about english' is the wordplay.
'terribly' is an anagram indicator.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation as in OED).
'nuts' anagrammed gives 'tuns'.
'tuns' placed around 'e' is 'TUNES'.

(Another definition for tunes that I've seen is " Airs, melodies".)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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