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Head lice egg (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nit

(Other definitions for nit that I've seen before include "Louse-egg" , "Cause of much head-scratching" , "Eg of louse" , "Egg of parasitic insect" , "small egg" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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