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Parrot crazy about hot-headed Aussie painter (3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

pro hart

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'parrot crazy about hot-headed aussie painter' is the definition.
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'parrot crazy about hot' is the wordplay.
'crazy' is an anagram indicator.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps).
'parrot' is an anagram of 'proart'.
'proart' going around 'h' is 'PRO HART'.

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