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Description of furious screams from friend clutching edge (6)

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I believe the answer is:

primal

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'description of furious screams from' is the definition.
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'friend clutching edge' is the wordplay.
'friend' becomes 'pal' (pal can mean a friend).
'clutching' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'edge' becomes 'rim' (rim is a kind of edge).
'pal' enclosing 'rim' is 'PRIMAL'.

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(Other definitions for primal that I've seen before include "Primitive or fundamental" , "From a very early time" , "First; primitive" , "Existing from the beginning, basic" , "Original; chief" .)

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