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Stranger with additional lager possibly losing head (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eerier

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'stranger' is the definition.
(eerie means odd or strange)

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(Other definitions for eerier that I've seen before include "More strangely frightening" , "Stranger" , "More uncanny" , "More strange and frightening" , "More weird" .)

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