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Universal laughter after relative makes a fuss (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brouhaha

'a fuss' is the definition.
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'universal laughter after relative' is the wordplay.
'universal' becomes 'u'.
'laughter' becomes 'haha' (ha-ha is a kind of laughter).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'relative' becomes 'bro' (I've seen this before).
'u'+'haha'='uhaha'
'uhaha' put after 'bro' is 'BROUHAHA'.

'makes' is the link.

(Other definitions for brouhaha that I've seen before include "'Confused disturbance, uproar (8)'" , "Outcry" , "Noisy fuss" , "Storm" , "Stir" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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