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Remove first letter indicators

A word here loses its first letter.

Beheadment: the word next to the indicator loses its first letter. “Headless”, “topless” (in a down clue) and “leaderless” are classic examples.

Common Remove first letter indicators

• beheaded
• beheading
• decapitated
• first off
• first out
• first to go
• heading off
• headless
• leaderless
• losing first
• losing head
• opening off
• topless
• unopened
• without head
• without leader
• without top

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