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Room height forcing head down a touch (8)

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latitude

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(Other definitions for latitude that I've seen before include "Unrestricted" , "comes by degrees?" , "Freedom from restraint or distance from equator" , "Room to manoeuvre or distance from equator" , "Distance north or south of the equator" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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