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A black suit (5)

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spades

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'a black suit' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'black suit' is the wordplay.
'black' becomes 'spade' (spade is a kind of black).
'suit' becomes 's' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'spade'+'s'='SPADES'

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(Other definitions for spades that I've seen before include "They may turn up" , "trumps sometimes" , "those getting soiled?" , "Suit in pack of cards" , "dark suit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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