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Simplicity of each essentially delusional head (8)

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I believe the answer is:

easiness

'simplicity' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'each essentially delusional head' is the wordplay.
'each' becomes 'ea' (abbreviation).
'essentially' means to look at the middle letters.
'head' becomes 'ness' (ness is a headland).
The centre of 'delusional' is 'si'.
'ea'+'si'+'ness'='EASINESS'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for easiness that I've seen before include "Lack of difficulty" , "Nonchalance" , "Facile quality" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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