Not able to remove extra star from pattern

I have pattern which I am trying to print

Expected output :

1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 
1 * 2 * 3 * 4 
1 * 2 * 3 
1 * 2 
1 

I have written a code but not getting how to add this check so that last star should not be printed [ refer above expected output ]

n=5
l = [  str(i) + ' *'   for i in range(1,n+1) ]
for j in range(1,n+1):
  print(' '.join(l))
  del l[-1]

My output :

1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 *
1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *
1 * 2 * 3 *
1 * 2 *
1 *

>Solution :

Here’s what I got:

n=5
l = [ str(i)  for i in range(1,n+1) ]
for _ in range(1,n+1):
  print(' * '.join(l))
  del l[-1:]

I essentially just removed the star in the list and used it as a separator.