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Cutting style leading to risk on short fashion (10)

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I believe the answer is:

trenchancy

'cutting style' is the definition.

'leading to risk on short fashion' is the wordplay.
'leading to risk' becomes 'chancy'.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'fashion' becomes 'trend' (I've seen this before).
'trend' with its final letter removed is 'tren'.
'chancy' put after 'tren' is 'TRENCHANCY'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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