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Scottish monster’s head, that is... (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nessie

'scottish monster's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'head that is' is the wordplay.
'head' becomes 'ness' (ness is a headland).
'that is' becomes 'i.e.' (short for Latin 'id est', 'that is').
'ness'+'ie'='NESSIE'

(Other definitions for nessie that I've seen before include "Supposed loch monster" , "Nickname for a Scottish monster" , "Scots loch monster (colloq.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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