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Heard - saw - that woman get a creepy-crawly (6)

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I believe the answer is:

spider

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'a creepy-crawly' is the definition.
(spider is a kind of invertebrate)

'heard saw that woman' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'woman' could be 'de' and 'de' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'get' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for spider that I've seen before include "Small creature" , "Miss Muffet frightener?" , "Eight-legged creatures" , "One has eight legs" , "Creepy-crawly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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