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Steeple when aspire loses its head(5)
Free deletion cryptic crossword clue from Icqu Cryptic (5). Solve it with hints — the answer and full breakdown publish the next day, or the moment you solve it.
Village green when the bells still chime. Losing its head strips the first A from aspire, yielding SPIRE. Steeple is that spire sense — a tapering church top. Soft grass and a lukewarm flask sell the beheading as Sunday chatter while the letter falls clean.
Remove the head, tail or heart of a word and keep what is left.
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