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Content to leave The Nag's Head with a half-pint - landlord has one (6)

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I believe the answer is:

tenant

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'landlord has one' is the definition.
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'content to leave the nag's head with a half-pint' is the wordplay.
'content to leave' suggests removing the centre (the contents of the word are removed).
'head' says to take the initial letters.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'half' means to take half the letters.
'the' with its middle removed is 'te'.
The first letter of 'nags' is 'n'.
'pint' halved is 'nt'.
'te'+'n'+'a'+'nt'='TENANT'

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(Other definitions for tenant that I've seen before include "Property renter" , "Lessee" , "he or she rents" , "One renting property" , "Resident" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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