Crossword Genius

Intend to wear torn clothing (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raiment

'clothing' is the definition.
(raiment is a kind of clothing)

'intend to wear torn' is the wordplay.
'intend' becomes 'aim' (aiming is a kind of intending).
'to wear' means one lot of letters goes inside another (to wear something is to be covered up by it).
'torn' becomes 'rent' (rending is a kind of tearing).
'aim' put into 'rent' is 'RAIMENT'.

(Other definitions for raiment that I've seen before include "Wear" , "investment" , "Poetic word for clothing" , "Clothing (poetically)" , "Especially fine or decorative clothing" .)

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