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He safely groomed, removing fine hair on face (7)

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I believe the answer is:

eyelash

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'hair on face' is the definition.
(hair protecting one's eyes)

'he safely groomed removing fine' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'he' could be 'ash' and 'ash' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for eyelash that I've seen before include "Short curved hair" , "Hair by eye" , "A hair in fringe above optic" , "Say heel (anag)" , "Hair; cilium (anatomy)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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