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Beam's losing head seeing dessert (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

afters

'dessert' is the definition.
(afters can mean a dessert course)

'beam's losing head' is the wordplay.
'beam's' becomes 'rafter's' (rafter is a kind of beam).
'losing head' means to remove the first letter.
'rafters' with its first letter removed is 'AFTERS'.

'seeing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for afters that I've seen before include "Tiramisu, possibly" , "Dessert course" , "Pud" , "food for pudding" , "Informal desserts, puddings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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