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Was left holding sprog's head (7)

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I believe the answer is:

existed

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'was' is the definition.
(past tense of to be - to exist)

'left holding sprog's head' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'exited' ('exit' can be a synonym of 'leave').
'holding' indicates putting letters inside.
'sprog's head' becomes 's' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'exited' going around 's' is 'EXISTED'.

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(Another definition for existed that I've seen is " Lived".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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