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Deprive staff, including head of recruitment (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

starve

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'deprive' is the definition.
(starving is a kind of depriving)

'staff including head of recruitment' is the wordplay.
'staff' becomes 'stave' (synonyms).
'including' is an insertion indicator.
'head of recruitment' becomes 'r' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'stave' going around 'r' is 'STARVE'.

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(Other definitions for starve that I've seen before include "Eat nothing" , "Deprive of food" , "Fail to take in" , "Suffer from food deprivation" , "Deprive of sustenance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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