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Remove hair from pie cooked fresh (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

epilate

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'remove hair from' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'pie cooked fresh' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates an anagram.
'fresh' becomes 'late' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'pie' with letters rearranged gives 'epi'.
'epi'+'late'='EPILATE'

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(Other definitions for epilate that I've seen before include "Pull out hair" , "Remove hair by the roots" , "Shave" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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