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verb • To cut off, and preserve, the heads of one's enemies • To actively recruit executive personnel • To pitch at a batter's head. • To use one's hockey stick to strike an opponent's head. | ||||||||
| 31% | 13 | A political candidate who runs for office to benefit another candidate or party | ||||||
noun • a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate • something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason • screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game • a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game | ||||||||
| 31% | 12 | When a candidate is chosen again as a party's official candidate | ||||||
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HEADHUNT which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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HEADHUNT
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