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She makes a terrible noise around the first of the month (6)

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I believe the answer is:

simone

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'she' is the definition.

'a terrible noise around the first of the month' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' could be 'one' and 'one' is present in the answer.
'first' could be 'i' (I in Roman numerals eg Elizabeth I) and 'i' is found within the answer.
'month' could be 'm' (standard abbreviation) and 'm' is found in the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'makes' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for simone that I've seen before include "girl" , "-- de Beauvoir, French feminist writer" , "French woman" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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