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Starts to go loopy during month in rainforest (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jungle

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'rainforest' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'starts to go loopy during month' is the wordplay.
'starts to' suggests taking the first letters.
'during' indicates putting letters inside.
'month' becomes 'june' (June is an example).
The first letters of 'go loopy' is 'gl'.
'gl' put within 'june' is 'JUNGLE'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for jungle that I've seen before include "Tropical wilderness" , "Home of wild animals" , "Impenetrable equatorial forest" , "Dense tropical forest" , "Tangled vegetation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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