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Screw: one's sheared off (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fleece

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'screw' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'one's sheared off' is the second definition.

(Other definitions for fleece that I've seen before include "Swindle; sheep's coat" , "Plunder; charge (someone) exorbitantly" , "Sheep's woollen coat" , "Charge too much" , "Woolly hair of sheep" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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