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Does your hairdresser take some of this from your gross income in the States? (3,3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

off the top

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'does your hairdresser take some of' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'from your gross income in the states?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'from' could be 'off' (eg someone might be from or 'off' a TV show) and 'off' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'the' is 'het' which is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'top' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'this' acts as a link.

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