The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word AIRLESS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result AIRLESS
- Stuffy, like follicularly challenged Cockneys?
- Close as Walford’s Phil and Grant Mitchell?
- Stuffy, as a bald man is commonly?
- Still, Cockney’s bald?
- Suffocating, as bald Cockney may be?
- Stuffy serials need rewriting
- Stuffy, like ’Arry ’Ill?
- Smooth head shaved close
- Stuffy sort of serials
- Close shaven, cutting head
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What does AIRLESS mean?
AIRLESS adjective- Lacking or being without air.
- Lacking air circulation.
- With air that is stale.
- Suffering from asphyxia.
- Stifling; dead; lacking vitality or excitement.