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Headless rock fish (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hake

'fish' is the definition.
(hake is a kind of fish)

'headless rock' is the wordplay.
'headless' means to remove the first letter.
'rock' becomes 'shake' ('shake' can be a synonym of 'rock').
'shake' with its first letter taken away is 'HAKE'.

(Other definitions for hake that I've seen before include "Food fish related to the cod" , "Swimmer" , "Cod-like fish" , "Type of fish" , "Food fish; rhymes with create" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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