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Seers bald, surprisingly clean-shaven (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beardless

'clean-shaven' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'seers bald surprisingly' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' is an anagram indicator.
'seers'+'bald'='seersbald'
'seersbald' anagrammed gives 'BEARDLESS'.

(Another definition for beardless that I've seen is " As a young man".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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