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Lowers small hoods (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scowls

'lowers' is the definition.
(scowling is a kind of lowering)

'small hoods' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'hoods' becomes 'cowls' ('cowl' can be a synonym of 'hood').
's'+'cowls'='SCOWLS'

(Other definitions for scowls that I've seen before include "Wrinkles forehead in disapproval" , "Bad-tempered frowns" , "Furrows forehead in bad humour" , "forbidding looks" , "Frowns with displeasure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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