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Henry arises half-cut after stripping down Ford Mustangs? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

horses

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'ford mustangs?' is the definition.
'horses' can be an answer for 'mustangs?' (mustang is a kind of horse). I'm not sure about the 'ford' bit.

'henry arises half-cut after stripping down' is the wordplay.
'henry' becomes 'H' (symbol for the unit of electrical inductance).
'half cut' means to take half the letters.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'stripping down' becomes 'or' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'arises' halved is 'ses'.
'ses' after 'or' is 'orses'.
'h'+'orses'='HORSES'

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(Other definitions for horses that I've seen before include "See 1" , "Steeds" , "Hoofed mammals (which go with 19 4)" , "Equine animals" , "Equine beasts" .)

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