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Speaking, forbade reflective girl to wear this? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bandanna

'wear this?' is the definition.
(type of item of clothing)

'speaking forbade reflective girl' is the wordplay.
'speaking' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'forbade' becomes 'banned' (banning is a kind of forbidding).
'reflective girl' becomes 'Anna' ('Anna' is a palindrome).
'banned' is a homophone of 'band'.
'band'+'anna'='BANDANNA'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for bandanna that I've seen before include "scarf" , "Large and brightly coloured neckerchief" , "square" , "Large coloured handkerchief" , "Kind of neckerchief for bad nanna" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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