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Anticipation having already shaved head? (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

preparedness

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'anticipation' is the definition.
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'having already shaved head?' is the wordplay.
'having already' becomes 'pre' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'shaved' becomes 'pared' (I've seen this in another clue).
'head?' becomes 'ness' (type of geographical point).
'pre'+'pared'+'ness'='PREPAREDNESS'

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(Another definition for preparedness that I've seen is " State of readiness".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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