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English fashion, eg clean style (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elegance

'style' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'english fashion eg clean' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'fashion' indicates anagramming the letters.
'eg'+'clean'='egclean'
'egclean' is an anagram of 'legance'.
'e'+'legance'='ELEGANCE'

(Other definitions for elegance that I've seen before include "Fine quality" , "Grace, style" , "Graceful appearance or manner" , "Polish - distinction" , "Refinement, polish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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