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Brown tailored Chloé coat (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chocolate

'brown' is the definition.
(chocolate is a kind of brown)

'tailored chloe coat' is the wordplay.
'tailored' is an anagram indicator (the letters are customised ).
'chloe'+'coat'='chloecoat'
'chloecoat' with letters rearranged gives 'CHOCOLATE'.

(Other definitions for chocolate that I've seen before include "Sweet made with cacao beans" , "The tasty substance could be a cool cheat 99)" , "Deep brown colour" , "Coca hotel is a treat" , "The tasty treat could turn out to be a cool cheat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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