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Head in hands, still bald! (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hairless

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'bald' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'head in hands still' is the wordplay.
'head in hands' becomes 'h' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'still' becomes 'airless' (I've seen this before).
'h'+'airless'='HAIRLESS'

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(Other definitions for hairless that I've seen before include "Bald" , "Furious" , "suffering shock loss" .)

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