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Headless ghosts in hell (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hades

'hell' is the definition.
('Hades' can be a synonym of 'hell')

'headless ghosts' is the wordplay.
'headless' means to remove the first letter.
'ghosts' becomes 'shades' ('shade' can be a synonym of 'ghost').
'shades' with its first letter taken off is 'HADES'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for hades that I've seen before include "Pluto" , "Hell of Greek myth" , "Classical underworld" , "Inferno" , "Classic hell in the shade" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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