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Man losing head criticizes safety features on board (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

taffrails

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'features on board' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'man losing head criticizes safety' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'staff' (both can mean to work at a particular post).
'losing head' means to remove the first letter.
'criticizes safety' becomes 'rails' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'staff' with its first letter removed is 'taff'.
'taff'+'rails'='TAFFRAILS'

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(Other definitions for taffrails that I've seen before include "Members in ships" , "ship's bars" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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