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Try to catch calendar girls wearing cycling gear (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

earwig

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(Other definitions for earwig that I've seen before include "flatterer" , "Insect with pincer-like tail" , "Common garden insect" , "One little creature" , "little insect" .)

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