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Head of school to finish under peak salary (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stipend

'salary' is the definition.
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'head of school to finish under peak' is the wordplay.
'head of' suggests taking the first letters.
'to finish' becomes 'end' ('end' can be a synonym of 'finish'**).
'under' says to put letters next to each other.
'peak' becomes 'tip' ('tip' can be a synonym of 'peak').
The first letter of 'school' is 's'.
'end' put after 'tip' is 'tipend'.
's'+'tipend'='STIPEND'

(Other definitions for stipend that I've seen before include "Clergyman's salary" , "Salary, allowance" , "Parson's pay" , "Wage" , "Fixed salary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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