The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word EGGHEAD
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More clues leading to the result EGGHEAD
- As leader of government had written about English intellectual
- Knife cut back across the male's brain
- E for expert?
- For example, leader of group and top boffin
- Intellectual whose brain might be scrambled?
- Brainy chap giving you an E?
- . Genius, good man inspired by old oath
- Intellect Wren potentially manifested round house’s east wing
- One likely to have some cracking thoughts?
- Brainy type of English supervisor ferrying goods
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What does EGGHEAD mean?
EGGHEAD noun- A bald person, especially a man.
- A bald head.
- A coldly out of personal touch intellectual.