Criticise a close relative's headgear (6)

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panama

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'headgear' is the definition.
(panama is a kind of headgear)

'criticise a close relative's' is the wordplay.
'criticise' becomes 'pan' (informal term meaning to criticise heavily).
'close relative' becomes 'ma' (ma is a kind of relative. I am not sure about the 'close' bit.).
'pan'+'a'+'ma'='PANAMA'

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(Other definitions for panama that I've seen before include "Hat woven from jipijapa leaves" , "American canal or kind of hat" , "Great American canal or tropical hat" , "Hat; Central Am. canal" , "Wide-brimmed hat" .)

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