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Clothes appear wrong when put on a number (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apparel

'clothes' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'appear wrong when put on a number' is the wordplay.
'wrong' is an anagram indicator.
'when put on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go on top of others).
'a number' becomes 'L' (fifty in Roman numerals).
'appear' with letters rearranged gives 'appare'.
'appare'+'l'='APPAREL'

(Other definitions for apparel that I've seen before include "Clothes - garments" , "Raiment" , "Pod of peas" , "it's generally put on!" , "Fancy gear" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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