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Relative number initially cut, that's a weight off my shoulders! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

nephew

'relative' is the definition.
(nephew is a kind of relative)

'number initially cut that's a weight off my shoulders' is the wordplay.
'number' becomes 'one' (one is a kind of number).
'initially cut' means to remove the first letter (the initial is cut).
'that's a weight off my shoulders' becomes 'phew' (both are said when relieved).
'one' with its initial letter taken away is 'ne'.
'ne'+'phew'='NEPHEW'

(Other definitions for nephew that I've seen before include "Has a duty (to do something)" , "Sister's son" , "A sibling's child" , "Edward V to Richard III relation" , "Sibling's son" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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