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Let one's hair down and removed all the curls from (6)

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I believe the answer is:

unbent

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'hair down and removed all the curls from' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'let one's' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'un' (northern English dialect form of 'one') and 'un' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'bent' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for unbent that I've seen before include "Remaining straight" , "Relaxed, straightened up" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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