Wave to welcome pained daughter? Thick-skinned sort (9)

Independent Cryptic #11675 | 12 Across | 2024-03-12
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

PERM (short for permanent wave = chemically-produced curls in hair), containing (to welcome) ACHY (pained) + D (abbreviation for daughter). Term for thick-skinned animals such as elephants and rhinos.

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