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Taking off (4)

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less

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">taking off</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(less can mean take away or subtracting)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for less that I've seen before include "Smaller in amout or degree" , "In smaller quantity" , "inferior" , "See 12" , "So-called St James" .)

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