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Do turn into Headless Man? (7)

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swindle

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'do' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'turn into headless man?' is the wordplay.
'turn' becomes 'wind' (I've seen this in another clue).
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'headless man?' becomes 'sle' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'wind' placed inside 'sle' is 'SWINDLE'.

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(Other definitions for swindle that I've seen before include "Fraudulent action" , "skin" , "Diddle, sting, twist" , "Fraudulent scheme" , "Trick" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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