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Aussie screecher giving girl a headache initially (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

galah

'aussie screecher' is the definition.
(Australian bird which screeches)

'giving girl a headache initially' is the wordplay.
'giving' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'girl' becomes 'gala' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'headache' is 'h'.
'gala'+'h' is 'GALAH'.

(Other definitions for galah that I've seen before include "Fool" , "Simpleton" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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