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It's silly to be tough on a fathead (9)

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I believe the answer is:

foolhardy

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'it's silly' is the definition.
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'tough on a fathead' is the wordplay.
'tough' becomes 'hardy' (I've seen this before).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a fathead' becomes 'fool' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'hardy' put after 'fool' is 'FOOLHARDY'.

'to be' is the link.

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(Other definitions for foolhardy that I've seen before include "Impulsive" , "daredevil" , "Dry loofah for quality of rashness" , "Bold" , "Rash - incautious" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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