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One expects head to wear inferior underwear (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

panties

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'underwear' is the definition.
(I know that panties is a type of lingerie)

'one expects head to wear' is the wordplay.
'one expects head' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'wear' becomes 'pantie' (pantie is a kind of wear).
's' put after 'pantie' is 'PANTIES'.

'inferior' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. It may be part of another bit of the clue.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for panties that I've seen is " Clothes".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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