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After battle, got bored, stitching clothes (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wardrobe

'clothes' is the definition.
(wardrobe is a kind of clothes)

'after battle got bored stitching' is the wordplay.
'after battle' becomes 'war' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'after' bit.).
'got' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'stitching' indicates an anagram (letters are re-stitched together).
'bored' anagrammed gives 'drobe'.
'war'+'drobe'='WARDROBE'

(Other definitions for wardrobe that I've seen before include "Cabinet" , "A theatre company's stock of costumes" , "Stock of clothes" , "(Closet for) clothes" , "storage place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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